Jeremy got a little gardening bug! He went and ordered lots of strawberry plants and a few blackberry and raspberry plants. Then suddenly, they showed up and “oh, where are we going to put these!” So off to Home Depot we went. Well, our little Rav 4 probably isn’t meant to hold lots of bricks and a ton of dirt, but we piled it all in and with our bumper almost to the ground we went home. We build a little garden on the side of our house for the raspberries and then dug a hole in another garden spot in the back for the blackberries. I guess I should mention the strawberries haven’t come yet, so I guess that’s a different post. Anyway, here’s some pictures!
Here’s some pictures of the kids playing while we worked. Mason loves his bike helmet and once it’s on, it’s hard to get it off of him, LOL! So it’s on in most of the pictures I took. In this first one, he was not wanting his picture taken! 
We have some scrub oak in our backyard and it’s just awesome right now, so I made Mason stand there (helmet and all) to get some pictures. (Jeremy is hard at work while I’m taking all these LOL)
McKinley was sleeping through most of the yard work, but I made Jer take some pictures of her when she woke up cause look how cute that outfit is!!
And finally, Jeremy has been talking about being able to bike to work since we started looking at houses in this area and now with the weather finally warming up, he decided he really wanted one now. Well, anyone who knows Jer, knows that if he really, really wants something, he’s bound to get it. After talking about it for a week straight (almost non stop) he drug me down to the bike store to “see if I would maybe want one, too” In other words, if he can get me interested, better chance of him getting it! Well, of course, it worked, I saw and rode one I liked a lot and soon we were walking out the door with 2 brand new road bikes. My only condition? We had to USE them!! So (gulp) we are going to do a triathlon in August!! What??!! I know!! It’s a pretty small one, only 3 miles of running (thank goodness), 14 miles of biking, and 500 meters of swimming. So not too bad, hopefully it will get us in shape! Here’s some pictures of the bikes! Jeremy riding his with Mason shouting at him “Dad, you’re doing so good!!”
Look how cute my bike is!
Good luck on the triathlon. They are lots of fun (in a sporty painful sort of way).
Comment by Kelli — June 10, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
Hooray! I love your garden. I am so glad that someone besides Dal got the gardening bug. Can we hang out? I miss seeing you!!
Comment by The Chase's — June 13, 2010 @ 10:58 pm
By the way GOOD LUCK on the triathlon. You are amazing and I am so impressed. I wish I could have the drive to do that!
Comment by The Chase's — June 13, 2010 @ 11:00 pm
Hey! I hadn’t seen your blog in a while, so I had some catching up to do. Looks like you guys have been having a good time. I love the view from your house. That is a really cool lightning shot! Good Luck with your triathlon. That is fun that you are doing it together!
Comment by The Kolstes — June 15, 2010 @ 6:12 pm
Good luck with your triathlon!! That’s exciting! Also I love the sports comentary on Mason’s rookie year, I love T-ball!
Comment by Susanna — June 17, 2010 @ 4:29 pm