Wonderful Weekends!

Our little family has really been enjoying our weekends this spring. Bennett is obviously excited to get to spend all day with his daddy on Saturdays and Sundays. It is so cute! The last couple of weekends we have been free to relax around the house, do some minor home improvement, revel in the beautiful weather and enjoy time with friends. We are so blessed!

We've spent a good bit of time lately working at my newest obsession: pulling weeds. Boy, have we had plenty to pull! I've become quite knowledgeable about the many varieties I've found on our small property and what techniques are best suited to remove each type at its root. I've given them technical names like "tall skinny ones", "lacy yellow flower" and "yucky spiky guy". I feel a swell of pride and accomplishment with each small patch of grass cleared.

This is Bennett sitting behind the pile of weeds pulled from our backyard over the course of a couple of days last weekend.

Jeff and I felt inspired on Saturday and decided to use some leftover brick that has been sitting in our garage to line our front yard flowerbeds. It was fun! And I think it turned out all right, especially considering we were just making it up as we went.

Before:

Working:



Bennett helping:




After:




After a hard day's work in the sun, we tried out a new recipe. Beef enpanadas. Yummy!


This weekend we finally got around to installing the swing Bennett got for his birthday. Jeff put hooks in on the front and back porch so we can move the swing to wherever we happen to be hanging out.



The swing is quite a hit. Bennett loves it (even while wearing only one shoe)!