Landscaping and camping

It has been a busy weekend so far. I spent most of last week removing the old mulch, taking out the edging and digging and laying the new edging bricks. The soil (- if you can call it that) was hard as a rock so it took quite a while. Our new rocks were delivered yesterday and we got them all put into the flowerbeds. Of course we were short, so we'll have to order a little bit more. I think it looks really great though. (I forgot to take a picture today...maybe tomorrow.)Yesterday was beautiful, so the men and kids had a campout in the backyard. We had a fire in the fire pit and roasted weenies and marshmallows first, then the men and kids headed into the tents. Mags actually went to sleep right away, which is a first for her! Maya slept inside with me. Aaron went golfing this morning with 3 of our neighbors for some male bonding, and the girls and I took another neighbor, Amy, to Babies R Us to register. Maya wasn't feeling well. She had a temp of almost 104, which I didn't realize until we were already at the store, so I ended up holding her for most of the 2 hours we were there and she rested and slept through the baby extravaganza. Both the girls were pooped and went to bed early tonight. Our neighbor Becky and I had a "date" tonight and went out without husbands or kids. We first did a 14 mile bike ride, then went and had a pedicure, went to church and then to dinner. It was very peaceful! Aaron is down at another neighbors right now watching the Ultimate Fighting matches on Pay Per View. The men around here are really into that stuff.

Roasting hot dogs over the fire pit.

The little campers!

Aaron and Brian shoveling rocks.

We bribed the girls with a snack to keep them out of the way and off the rocks!

Maggie with a lovely bouquet of dandilions (how in the world do you spell that?)