We have spent hours clearing out behind the creek for two reasons. ONE, we felt it would be safer for the children having the creek easily seen so when they are playing and such it's just a look out the window to see if everyone is alright. We used to have to run along the creek (when a child was 'missing') and hope that they were wearing bright enough colors that we could see them if they had fallen in the water and were drowning. TWO, we felt we needed more grass to mow. No actually it makes a nice oasis for having people over and makes it nice an open around the back of the house. It's also just fun to improve things no matter where we are living.
Here are also a few cute pictures of our little Andi Kristyne. She had gotten these boots from a friend and wouldn't take them off, but couldn't play on the playground with the other kids because they were slippery, so she gave up trying and sat on the logs to watch the other kids play. I took the opportunity to take a few pictures, grabbed a hat on my way out and this is what we got.
