Yard Work

So, our yard has needed some work since we moved in and this was just one day of yard work.  Drew tore out our "forest" as we had taken to calling it.  It was a bunch of overgrown plants that had taken over the area.  Drew ripped all of them out and we put wood chips over the area.

Drew hard at work in our yard.

This was the collection of things we found among our over grown plants.

There were lots of these slugs among the plants. We moved all of them to another area.

Alden had a lot of fun riding his bike up and down the street while Dad worked.

At the end, Alden came over and and wanted to help Daddy pull all the little weeds that were left.  It was really cute.

This was just one Saturday of work around our house.  It has been a lot more work taking care of our yard and house than an apartment (which I expected) but well worth it.

Alden and Daddy's Playtime

Alden looks forward to the end of every day when Daddy comes home and they get to play.  I love watching my boys play together!  They have so much fun and are always very entertaining to watch.  Some days they wrestle, some days they play with balls, some days they dance and sometimes they just make me laugh!  Here are just a few pictures of their playtime!

I know it is hard to tell here but they were dancing together and playing with balls. Here is a video of them playing with balls. Then they started practicing handstands. Here is a video of that.

Here they were playing catch while Alden had socks on his hands.  He was actually pretty good at it.

June Whale Watching Trip

We got to go on another whale watching trip in June that was a lot of fun.  We saw lots of whales on this trip including both transient and resident orcas.  Alden has a great time and loved hanging out with Daddy.  We had really beautiful weather for the trip which made it very nice out on the deck while we were watching the whales.  Alden was very tired by the end of trip but he was really well behaved on the boat and it was well worth the trip!

Alden was so excited to be back on a boat.

I love this because I wanted to take a picture of my boys but Alden did not want to take his eyes off Daddy.

Alden wanted to take a picture of Mommy after I took his picture.

Alden wanted to go out and walk around the deck as soon as we started moving.

We had to travel almost an hour to get to the whales so we decided we would eat our lunch before we got to the whales.

Alden loved stealing Daddy's sandwich and eating the edges.

When we got close to the animals we decided to go enjoy being out on the deck.

We passed this rocky area where there were tons of seals just lounging around.

I like these pictures of the golden eagle that we saw. (At least that is what I think it was)

Alden loved watching all the birds fly across the water and would tell us about them.

Such a beautiful day on the water!

This was most of what we saw of the whales, just fins, but it was still really cool.

Alden was so entertained and interested by the whales.

Alden and Daddy enjoying watching the whales together.

This pair of whales was really fun to watch as they swam along the coast line.

On the way to the other whales Drew decided to nap and Alden found a pair of binoculars to entertain himself.

We passed some beautiful places on the way to the other whales.

This was the next group of whales that we got to see.

We had a great time and loved the sunny weather and seeing the whales!

Alden was getting tired on the way back so Daddy put a video on for him.

We got Mexican food for dinner before we drove home.  Alden just wanted his glass of water. =)

It was a lot of fun and we had a great day out as a family.  I am so grateful for the all the opportunities we had this summer for family outings.