Our New Tree and Memorial Weekend!

Well, for Corey and my 5 year anniversary (which is today by the way) our parents bought us an Autumn Blaze Maple tree to plant in our backyard. My parents called me up last Monday and said I had to pick Tuesday or Wednesday for them to come up and plant it. Here it is!

Naturally, my dad had a creative method for getting it down the hill to the backyard....a sled.

Cutting out the sod and digging the hole...

Maddox was the foreman of the project.He did, however, keep getting distracted from his duties.

The whole family in the hole! Random family picture opportunity, I know.

Our neighbors, Dustin and Evan, came over to check out the project.

Maddox actually took this and the above picture. Pretty good, eh?

The finished product. Pretty nice if I do say so myself. Thank you so much!!!!

And thanks to my little bro, Scott, for coming up and helping too!

Weekend at the Cabin! Of course, there were projects to do. The guys dug down and worked on re-encasing some water pipes Saturday morning. It was quite the project and there were many ideas on how to get it done.

Maddox and the ladies watching the work get done.

I'm embarrassed to say I never took a picture of the finished product. Maybe next time I'm up. It looks good and the guys did a great job.

My mom and I spent Saturday doing yard work and getting the cabin ready for the weekend.

Alright, projects are done and the lawn is mowed.....it's FISHING TIME!!! Here's Dad getting the boys ready for their first fishing outing of the season. Notice Maddox has a bag of pink twister tails.....my favorite for obvious reasons.

Maddox and Grandpa getting all the tackle ready and organized.

Isn't this priceless!

I just can hardly stand how cute this is. I'm going to have to crop in and frame one of these for the cabin.
All geared up and waiting for the big one!

Got one! Here's Maddox's first fish of the year, a largemouth bass. He reeled it in all by himself! I'm hoping he catches on to my love for fishing so he can be my little fishing buddy.

Maddox playing 500 with us (with the 2's and 3's - at least he thought he was playing).

Here he is checking out Daddy's amazing hand.

"Um, what kind of snack should I have next?" "Twizzlers I think".