Backyard happenings

We finally got the girls a kiddie pool. We seriously looked all over town last night. Apparently we waited too long. Last week we were more concerned on getting our house together and getting the essentials. We finally got this at Toy R Us with a built in slide. It's small but it does the trick and makes the girls happy. We didn't get it set up until about 8:00 last night so we went ahead and let them play in it.
We were out long enough to catch some lightening bugs. Charlotte is obsessed with them, Brooke is a little scared of them. You'd think it'd be the other way around. Anyway, they have fun with them.



Gotta love the cheesy, toothless smile.

What else is going on in our backyard? Well, we have some pets. Some unwanted pets, that is. There is at least four groundhogs living under this pool house and our deck. I have only seen three at one time, but Nathan claims there are four. I finally got some pictures of one today. Can you see it right at the corner of the pool house?

He's poking his head out of the hole.

Apparently there are stray cats as well. There were 4 or 5 of them hanging out today. I think one of the neighbor's takes them in. Thankfully, whenever we are out on the deck all of our animals are nowhere in sight. Anyone know a good way to get rid of some groundhogs?