play and planting

On Saturday morning Abe and I went to cross fit, dropped his car off for repairs, and then headed home to take care of the kids. We had a huge gardening project that took the whole day. Abe spent the entire day on it, and I bounced between taking care of kids, going to the nursery to pick out plants with my mom (three trips!), and planting with Abe until 12:30am. It was BEAUTIFUL weather and even though honestly it felt hard to dig holes in the rocky soil for hours and hours, it was so fun and peaceful to do together.

Here’s the finished product (taken two days later). This used to be a mound of grass with a bricked circle of tulips in the middle:

The girls also were in a play in the afternoon, and we were supposed to go to our friend’s play at UVU, but ended up being so wrapped up in the garden project that we had to skip it. It was a busy day!

Enjoying the filthy car.
We had no idea Lydia was the star of the play for her acting camp! She did SUCH a great job remembering and enunciating her lines and being SO dramatic! We were so impressed.
Mary was the CUTEST thing, ohmygosh. The dress and pigtails put her over the top. When I was getting her ready she told me she was embarrassed to wear her dress because in the dress rehearsal everyone gushed over how cute she was. I tried to be sympathetic, but honestly, it’s hard not to gush in the presence of Mary in pigtails, red glasses, and that adorable dress.