Dirt anyone?

Our backyard is full of dirt. I got home from Cedar City last week, and this is what I found...kids COVERED from head to toe with white, powdery DIRT! I'll be so glad when our backyard is finished, but as of now we are making progress in baby steps!

This is what our backyard looked like "before" the project began:

Here is the "during" picture with the back wall about half done and the side wall complete.

And finally here is the after photos of the back wall being completed. Dan is on top of it, and has already planted trees in the back. Next project will be the sprinkler system and the grass. Stay tuned....that will happen in the next couple of weeks.

I had to put these pictures of Londyn on here. She is a little stinker who has ALWAYS been into everything. I found her making herself a bed out of the wrapping paper. AHHHHH.

Oaklyn and Connelly started T-ball this month, and they both LOVE it. It is soooo funny and they both crack me up. They are both learning a lot and I sure enjoy laughing for an hour each week at the funny things all the kids do. (Getting Oaklyn excited to play was a feat in itself, but once she got going, she was laughing and smiling the entire time!)

I also have to document one of the MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE that happened this last week.
Saturday was an Elder's Quorum BBQ for our ward and they were wrapping it up so the guys that were cooking decided to make some enormous pancakes with the remaining pancake batter. So, Rob our neighbor said, "Connelly come and look at this huge pancake." So, Connelly goes over to see it on the grill and says, "HOLY SHIT!" Oh my gosh....I have NEVER been so mortified in my life. It's one thing to hear your kids swear at home or in front of friends...etc. BUT...when they do it in front of the Elder's Quorum President...etc, life moves in SLOW MOTION.

Disclaimer: I know I am not perfect in the swearing arena...but I really don't say "Holy Shit" sooooo I'm guessing he learned this from "The Sandlot?" Who knows....honestly. If he would have said, "What the hell were you thinking" then I would have taken full credit.

What a day that was.

The other thing that I'm really excited/nervous about is that I just found out that I will be on the television show Studio 5 on Monday June 7th for All Things Thrifty. I'm soooo excited, and I have constant butterflies at the same time. Wish me luck!

I debated on whether to announce it, but I figured friends and family would want to know. :)