Our big backyard

.....has been so fun, well when we had some actual sunny and warmer days! The past several days we've been drowning in rain. We/or should I say "they" are loving this wide, open, flat backyard to run and play and dig in the dirt. We had a roomy yard at our old house but they mostly just stayed on the deck because the yard itself was mostly up hill. Of course we have no deck here but a long driveway at least for all the bikes and riding toys, so it all evens out just as well.

a little sword fighting.

this has nothing to do with the backyard but i found her enjoying her snack one morning on the rug here under the sink....silly girl! I just haven't done well in taking pictures lately, so I need to get back at it! Hopefully I'll be back soon with more!

and as far as the cleanse (for any of you interested) it's going. I'm on day 15, and still going strong. I'm glad I've done it, and I definitely feel I have some better habits coming out of it, but I don't think I'll be able to become completely vegan after this. Some days it feels frustrating finding things to eat. Although she has lots of recipes and I have tried some of them, alot of them use multiple ingredients and ingredients I don't have on hand. So needless to say trying to prepare food for everyone else and myself separately, well, it's just not helping my grocery budget--not to mention feels sometimes very time consuming with constantly preparing food. So I think I'll be relieved in that sense when I'm done next week.