The 4th of July

While most of you were enjoying this......

















or cooking this.......















or lighting these.........






















the Buhrleys were doing this.......

We're learning that putting in a yard is HARD work and we spent the holiday weekend getting the yard ready for sod. Brook sets such a good example to the kids of how working hard can have great benefits and be fulfilling as well. Brook figures that if there's a project to be done, HE can figure it out and do it. In our 18 years of togetherness, I've watched him tackle one project after another after another....... and figure it out. He just has a wonderful "can do" attitude. The latest project is a yard. He's had all of them out there working beside him and helping in different ways and they've been GREAT. We hope they learn that work isn't something to be afraid of or avoided. It's been fun watching the yard take shape and begin to look like a real yard and know that they had a part in it. I hope they're each proud of themselves in the ways they've helped. They should be!
We're also learning that working together as a family can be fun as well....especially if there's a camera around. You should see the thousand and one pictures they took of themselves. On second thought, they're probably better left unseen.