Mining Trucks, Landscaping, and Cute Kids

 We had a major landslide up the mountain here (go here and here for pictures and info). They're using mining trucks to move a lot of the dirt and boulders. We went to see the trucks one night before they took them up the mountain to work.

All the boys, big and little, in front of one of the dump trucks.

 A closeup. I love Crue peeking through the ladder in the right.

 Jared serving as a great example of what NOT to do for the little boys. :) Max put his truck next to the truck for a size comparison.

 Crue and Cooper fit in the wheel. I wonder if they could hold on when the truck drives away? :) 

The sunset over Cedar from where we were at.

We've started working on our front landscaping (hopefully we can actually be outside this summer at our house!). It's a lot of work but it'll be nice to have it done.

 We started clearing and leveling a 4 ft section along the sidewalk where we'll put mulch and either some flowers in wine barrels or bushes. Just beyond that (going toward the house) we're putting boulders as a retaining wall to raise and level the front yard. Crue was being a big helper (we got the boys gloves for Christmas because they were always hurting their hands before when trying to help in the yard).

Along the west fence we had some fence posts in cement that were only for decoration. We're not really sure what they were for. The cement was only on our side of the fence and the posts were not attached to the fence in any way. Jared dug around the cement and used his truck to pull it out of the ground. Our neighbor on the other side of the fence wants to cut the posts off for something else and then we'll get rid of the cement during the city's annual cleanup. Cooper was being a big helper.

It's so cute watching the boys help with stuff. The other day I was working on more clearing and leveling. I used Crue's big Tonka truck to put dirt in and he would take it and dump it where it needed to go. They love that we're outside more so they can play outside and with friends. Our yard had too many stickers and wasn't fun to play on before so we didn't get out much until we got the swingset in back.

 We were at Ace one day (getting some of the free paint they were doing) and the boys decided to sit down with their popcorn. Cooper liked the picture taking and told me later when he sat somewhere else to take a picture of him.

I went to check on Aly to see if she had fallen asleep. She sure had. While she was sitting up so she ended up like this. Good thing she's flexible! She absolutely LOVES that afghan she's holding on to. The other night she had it with her and I tried taking it away so I could change her diaper for bed. She didn't let go. She usually doesn't have it except for going to bed (I wrap her in a flannel blanket and then wrap the afghan around that) but I've learned how much she likes it and have it out more often for her.