Saturday, April 09, 2011

Shots of Early Spring

After a long winter, I think spring has finally sprung.  We have been spending many hours outside the past few days.  Our snow is nearly gone after today, and the driveway is finally firming up from the muddy pit it had become.
It was warm enough to have a picnic lunch on the deck earlier this week.  I haven't gotten our patio furniture out of winter storage yet, but the kids didn't mind sitting on the deck.  You can still see the big snow drift in the background that has since melted.

The sun was so nice, and the deck was dry, so they played for quite a while.


Mike "inherited" this batting cage and pitching machine recently.  He rigged it all up in his dad's shed, so now his has his own personal batting cage.  Dane loves to feed balls into the pitching machine, and Mike is living his dream!

As I got home from work the other day, this was the sight I saw as I was driving up the driveway.  The whole crew (pets and all) out gopher trapping.  They have only caught one so far this spring.

Dane somehow got onto this swing over the water the other day.  He thought it was great.
We had our first bonfire last evening.

The kids got more of their toys out today.

Gardening

Sunny

Rosie.  We are awaiting the arrival of her kittens in the next few weeks.


First snake sighting of the season.

Isn't Teddy beautiful?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like a fun time at your home. Nice to have outside room and pets and things to do, isn't it.
SO more kittys soon :) :) Keep us posted.
Looks like a nice place to have things to do and have fun.
LOVE G'ma Stockwellmoggur

Jen Stockwell said...

What fun! I just want to see Dane after he jumped off the swing into that giant puddle! What a riot!