and I missed my dentist appointment.
It’s 62F in Greenville, SC today, by the way.
yard
Just keep staining, just keep staining.
Having a large deck that we never use is so much fun to maintain.
Keep on keeping on…
We heard late last night that WDW would be closing Splash Mountain and turning it into a new attraction. This ride is special to Marie, so she drew a commemorative picture.
Then some of my own princesses dragged branches up to the road. Daddy has been trimming trees. More. Yard. Work.
Yard guy
A three day weekend found Daddy ramping up the yard work. We normally do the minimum, but we are dialing it up this year (because there is nothing else to do).
This COVID nonsense now has us spending so much time at home that we are spending so much money and time on home improvement.
That said, he’s opted to plant less than usual this year. But he did clean the garden up a lot. I’m working to take nice photos of the yard this year.
More summer–More swimming
Some of the nicest summer weather we’ve had in years. How wonderful that we haven’t been limited to one super hot week last July and then it’s jeans weather again!
Good Bye Giant Mess
This project started in 4/25.
And it continued through 5/17.
First John chopped the dickens out of these five bushes at the end of the yard.
Then, the boys filled the wheelbarrow 1,568,293 times with the lava rocks that were first placed there more than 10 years ago.
Because John had explained we needed to clean the rocks off quite a bit from the years of clippings, the boys then had a running joke about “Father wants us to clean the rocks,” in a very faltering Oliver Twist voice.
Then on 5/17, lo and behold, our neighbors’ son came by with his Bobcat and did in an hour what it would have taken John and the boys all summer to do.
This is all part of the Butler attention to the home theme of 2020.
More S’Mores 2020
Never get tired of this!
A Little Bit of Spring
With all of our activities cancelled we are moving right along with school. There are no people, places, or things taking time out of the day, so our school subjects are wrapping up early.
Thankfully, the weather has been mild, and the sun has been shining here and there.
Amidst the chaos stirring in our world there are some nice parts to this extra time together.
July 4th
I failed to get many photos as I was enjoying catching up with Marguerite.
But I stopped what I was doing to take this one…
It’s the fourth of July…
Look at their outfits…
LOL.
Later, we moved inside for some more visiting.
And LEGO’s.
Dayspring Disciples 