It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

This past week we've been stuck in the house because of cold or wet weather quite a few times and many of our days have looked like this...

and this...
Katie and Owen actually laid themselves down like that... I think she was mimicking him. Anyway, today is a beautiful day! Owen is out playing with a sprinkler toy... And Dan is mowing the lawn around him. We actually just got this lawnmower the other day. Our town has a "Take it or Leave it" day every year. People get to drop off their "junk" and help themselves to other people's "junk." It's amazing what people think junk is. We got this lawnmower and a trimmer, both in excellent condition and fairly new. The mower needed a new air filter. I can't quite fathom getting rid of an almost new mower. I guess I shouldn't be cynical, maybe the people were buying a new one and decided to give it away rather than selling it. Anyway, regardless of the reasons, it worked out fabulously for us.