Brick work can be tough on gloves. I guess I won't be using this one for surgery.

April 15 has a special meaning for Mike. this is what it meant to us this year. Over a foot of snow! our long list of yard projects is put on hold for a few days.

I talked to three guys about helping to replace our old rotted out retaining wall and this is how many showed up. I'm a great believer in trying to keep young by learning new things, so I decided to do it myself. I was given about 90 seconds of advice about brick laying from a 17 year old clerk at Lowes and have learned a lot more from trial and error. Now my back is trying to tell me something, but it has been a fun project.

Lisa and Matt brought their kids up for conference this weekend. It was Moses" first general conference and he loved it. Wyatt loved the horses and the gully.

Lisa trying out Mysti. They really hit it off right from the get-go.

Mathew is an amazing ball player!

Wyatt hit this one about a mile.

At this point Barry thinks he's winning at hot dice...

But then sylvia rolled 5 sixes and it was all over!