We had some pretty warm weather...so we broke out the sprinkler. Years previous the boys did not quite understand what to do....this year....they are all over it! 
Grandma and Grandpa Van came up Memorial Day weekend to help with the building of the deck. A couple trailer loads of lumber the men were all set to start. 
Gpa and Pat spent most of Sat and Sun working on it along with some help from the neighbor and a friend. 
It is amazing what who will help when you offer beer. (on a side note, when budgeting for projects you always need to add an item line for beer). 
Day two, both men were moving slower and they both expressed that they feel muscles that they never knew they had. 
We were able to complete the top and both stairs, all we need to do finish is the handrails.
While the men were working on the deck, gma the boys and I had some fun. We went to the zoo and a couple local green houses to picked out plants! The animals are cool, but the playground is more cool! 
We stopped for a refreshing drink from the water fountian, Peter missed his mouth.
Jamison has been very interested in birds and who am I to stop him. He pulled out my field guides and have been studying. We wanted to keep my book but I explained that every good ornithologist has their own life list and that we will get you your own field guide so you can start your own life list, and that is what we did. He was a little upset at the book store when he could not find the exact book (i got mine nearly 18 years ago, there have been a number of editions since then) but he was super excited to get his life list started. ( I convinced him that this book was better than mine). Now all he needs is a pair of binoculars. 
On Monday Peter had a serious pink jeep malfunction, a whole wheel flew off!. He limped it down the driveway and asked for daddy mechanic to help him out. I guess we all should be grateful Pat is a pack-rat, he had the needed repairs to fix it right up! Whew! Pink jeep rides again!.
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