Family yard clean up day

I typically focus my “Organized Chaos” posts on items that have been done inside the house.  Sometimes being organized means going outside and getting stuff done too. We don’t always keep up with everything going on both inside and outside the house, but it feels good when we have a chance to pull together and have a productive day.

Recently we had a family yard clean up day.  The girls and I spent the some time in the morning picking up fallen sticks from all the trees around our property while Jake changed the oil in our vehicles.  After he was done with the cars Jake mowed the yard.  We had a bonfire and got rid of a bunch of the sticks.  The yard looks better, at least until the grass grows with all the rain we’ve been getting.  The girls always enjoy cleaning up the yard and especially getting a chance to have a bonfire.

Burning some dead tree branches we picked up in the yard.

The girls were pretty good about helping feed the fire with dry sticks.