Backyard Adventures

Welcome outside! (Yes, I know that most people's welcome mats face the other way, but my husband has rarely been accused of being like "most people"...so ours welcomes us out into Ecuador.)

 The kids and I had fun clearing out a little garden spot on the hill below our house. Now, this hill is technically our "backyard", but it is rather wild; secluded, but not secure - meaning that since there is no fence and limited visibility from inside our house, the kids are not allowed to play out there without supervision. It is, however, a wonderful place for adventures.

These are what we call "the ruins". They are in reality, the reasonably stable remains of an old house - in imagination, they can be almost anything, depending on the book you've been reading. :) There are also limes to pick, snails to find, BIG ant nests to avoid, etc. Taylor is already plotting what kind of amazing bow shooting course he and Levi can make out there. (Like I said, it all depends on what kind of book you've been reading. :)