Autism Walk

A few weeks ago me, Oscar and the kids went to Ephrata and did an Autism Awareness Walk. We did it last year also and we hope to make this a yearly Hernandez tradition. It was so much fun. When we got to the park there were jumping castles for the kids and face painting. We met up with my family and got one our way. There are 3 different walks, one is 1 mile, one is 3 miles and one is 4 miles. Last year we did the long walk, but his year since Sam was walking and not in a stroller we did the short walk. Once we got back to the park the kids went on pony rides. It was a great family day together.

Watching the Grass Grow

Nine months we have been in our house now. There was so much that needed to be done, and fixed, and painted, and planted and if I could have it my way it would all be done by now. But with the lack of time, money and know how, to get it all done we are slowing working on things. So if you remember the yard was a horrible mess. It hadn't be watered in about a year and mowed in probably 18 months. The dead weeds and broken toys were up to our knees and waist in some spots. So we took the weed wacker and wacked it all down. We made LOTS of trips to the dump and we (Oscar and his dad) put in underground sprinklers. It started to look a little bit better. Then I planted grass seed and watered it twice a day every day for a few minutes. It started to get green and looked SO much better. There were still lots of bare spots but it was still better than when we first moved in.
Then after a few weeks of waiting for the seed to come up, Alfonso (Oscar's dad) called and said he could get us a TON of free sod from his work. We were so happy we called our friends and spend a day and a half hauling the sod from the college to our house. It was so much sod. It took Oscar and Tim hours to get it all laid out but they did it. And it looks great.
Now it's not the greatest yard on the block but it gets the job done.