Before we headed to Utah for Easter weekend, my dad had told us to bring some golf putters with us. He'd been planning for a few months on creating a mini golf course in his backyard for the boys to play on when they came. He'd never done it before, and the boys were excited about it! My dad de-thatched the backyard, so there was piles of dead grass everywhere. Then he raked out nine different pathways, and at the end of each pathway he scooped a golf-ball-sized hole into the ground.
While Josh and I were gone that afternoon, they played on the mini golf course over and over again. They absolutely loved it! Every time they beat their score from the previous round, grandpa would give them a candy bar. That was incentive enough for them to keep track of their shots, and try to improve!
After Josh and I came back from the wedding, Josh wanted to try playing on it, too. The boys showed him how to go in order on the designed holes, and they all played against each other! The small 9-hole course began with hitting the ball off the deck on hole #1:
Hole #9 ended right before the backyard shed:
This was such a great activity for the boys, and it was wonderful that the weather was so beautiful on that Saturday, too. They enjoyed playing outside and having the house to themselves with just their grandparents!
Thanks dad for creating such a fun outdoor activity for my boys to do while at your house! It was a big hit!
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