Keep It Clean

If this past weekend were to have a theme, it would probably be "Picking up Trash" weekend for us. On Saturday, our subdivision held a clean up for one of their lots. Unfortunately because we were out late the night before, we ended up sleeping in. Steve quickly got ready and headed down to help while I got some things done around the house and got Tyler ready. The plan was that I was going to take Tyler in the stroller and meet Steve down there once we were ready. However Steve was back before we knew it and said they had finished the clean up and they were having pizza at the clubhouse. Once we finished getting Tyler dressed we headed down to the pizza party where we sat around, ate pizza, doughnuts, and caught up on what's going on in the neighbourhood.

But wait, we weren't finished cleaning up yet. Sunday we attended our first CITO event. CITO which stands for Cache In, Trash Out is a geocaching event to help clean up a particular area, usually one that is already used by cachers. Even though, Steve and I have been caching for over 2 years now, this was our very first CITO event. The event was held in Virginia and we got to meet some great new cachers as well as hang out with our caching buddies, Richey and Barbie. The park that we were cleaning up wasn't too littered, however Steve found a party spot where he discovered lawn chairs, trash already in bags, and a cooler. Overall, there were about 25 huge bags of trash collected which was pretty impressive considering the event was only 3 hours long.



Of course, all work and no play makes for a very dull day, so we had a little fun. Here is Barbie hanging around and having a good time!









After we finished picking up all the garbage, we were awarded with cookies and soda. Meanwhile, Tyler took his best buddy for a walk on her leash. Bailey has been featured on our blog before, but for those who may not remember, Bailey is the adorable dog owned by Richey and Barbie. I think you could easily say that this was Tyler's favourite part of the CITO event.