Are we Down Under? NOOOO! It's just West Virginia!

Well, you'd think from the pictures that the boys were on a walk about in the Outback Bush of Australia, but nope... they are in the backyard bush of our West Virginia home. Leave it to Daddy to come up with a way to make a lazy (almost) summer day fun, just by putting hats on! Now that our deck is done, the baby pools are full, and the trampoline is up, we are really enjoying the backyard.
Last night Rob busted out the fire pit, marshmallows and chocolate and had the kids make smores when they got home from Kings Kids. It was lots of fun. There was one time Rob poured lighter fluid on the fire and it lit up pretty good. Chance started clapping, Cannon leaned in with a big smile, and Colin... well, he took off running so fast that I nearly peed my pants laughing. Oh, the distinct personalities of my sons! You can see in the one picture below where Chance is clapping, Rob is cracking up and looking over to the other side of the yard. Yeah, he's laughing at Colin bolting off. I promise you, it was so funny. Colin was like "AHHHH... I'm outta here!"

Today, for Memorial Day, we just played outside alllllllll day. We had at least 12 of the neighbor kids in our yard at one point! It was hilarious. We just love it. Personally, I'd much rather have the kids in my yard where I can keep an eye on them!