Rock climbing

 It was beautiful this morning, so we headed to the community playground.  Since I have the crappiest camera phone ever, these pictures look hazy, but it was clear, sunny, and mild.  Perfect weather for a little rock climbing.  Ryland mastered the small wall quickly, but he couldn't quite get to the top of the big wall.  Reed wasn't that interested in the small wall.  He refused to play near it.  He wanted a piece of the big one.  As soon as he figured out he wasn't going to be able to climb it, he settled for a little bark chewing.  Seriously?

We all had a good time and wished we had more mild weather like this.  It will soon be way too hot to enjoy this playground.

Christmas light prep party

We had our annual Christmas light prep party for our community tonight. John Chris and I host the prep party every year and this was our third annual party. We have our neighbors over and we check the lights to make sure they are working and the clips are installed. We had a great turn out this year, and it was nice to visit and chit chat with everyone.

I could not help but think that this would be our last year to host the party. I wonder if the people who buy our home will host the party next year. I hope they will continue the tradition.

Light prep party

We had a light prep party at our house again this year. For the second year, we had the neighbors over to get the lights ready to hang on the homes. It was really nice to visit, eat, drink, and be merry! Doris and I check to make sure all the bulbs are working. Cooper loves babies! He could not get enough of little Brooke.

adding the plastic clips

Who doesn't love to untangle strands of Christmas lights? What a job!