Backyard fun

We have been really enjoying our backyard since we got home. I am sooooo much more relaxed during the day when they can get out and run off some energy. It especially helps during that horrible cooking dinner hour every mom dreads. I just send them out and cook in peace.

The girls favorite thing to do out there is to climb and walk along the retaining wall. They are all scratched up from the bricks though. I told Mike he might have wasted his time building a swing set, they're perfectly content on that wall! But they do occasionally make their way over to swing or slide.

Mike and I used the outdoor fire pit we bought last night. We put the girls to bed and made smores. We wanted to try it out before we started it with them. It was fun but we ended up going to bed at midnight waiting for the flames to get low enough to sleep without worry.

The best part of the backyard is that our girls are exhausted and don't usually wake up before 9 a.m. I don't know what I'll do when I have to get up for Em's school in August.

Here are some pictures of the girls playing...

Here's a picture of one of my flower pots while it's still alive. Just thought I would document it that way! It will never last.
Our patio all completed, however it was run over with toys at this point.

The 10 hour playset Mike and my dad built on the fourth. They love it though. Fearless Rylee. She also loves to hold on the the cross bars on the platform and swing. I don't mind her doing it over the slide but she does it above that rock wall and the other side that is just a drop to the grass. Scares me.

She wanted to pose for a picture. Love the hair? They all look like that after a while of playing outside.

They're favorite thing to do is swing. Rylee and Ally especially love to do it. Rylee has no problem being pushed high. She holds on really well thankfully.

Fourth of July bbq at our house. How many kids can you fit around one little kiddy table? Quite a few we found out.

Zach and Jack on the new kids jungle themed bench. Doesn't Jack look huge next to Zach? I thought that was funny.