Some of our favorite backyard games!

I think we have logged more hours in the backyard this summer than we have the entire time we have lived at our house!  Here are some of the boys' favorite games....

Dylan is really into these rocks by our deck.  He usually brings them to me, and I of course thank him and sneak them back to where they belong.  Of course, we are getting a collection in the sandbox.

Carter loves to swing!  Usually he goes in the kid swing a couple times a night, but the last couple nights, he has figured out how to swing like this.  Works for me! 

This is my favorite game by the big swing set!  Dylan does this about every night, I love it because it means I am not having to stand behind them making sure they don't fall off a ladder. 

And of course, climbing up the slide is a favorite!! Even I don't mind this one.  Again, MUCH safer than the ladder. 

We are loving playing outside!

Playing outside...

We can't get enough of this nice weather! The snow is gone, the yard is almost cleaned up, and we are having fun outside. And I am SO HAPPY that we have a fenced in backyard. I'm sure I will repeat that statement several times this summer. We were in the front yard this weekend and Carter just kept running away and these two are getting quite fast.

Carter was really into this shovel tonight.

Dylan had fun on the deck and in the play area.

Carter was so cute following Keith around with this shovel "helping" pick up Stella's business.

The boys had a lot of fun outside and were not very happy to go back inside and shared (or screamed) their concerns for sometime after we got back inside.