Project #2

The tile is "finished" except for the poor grass that we are destroying. That is project #6 on the list - after all the other ones are done!

Jason took Friday off to work in the nice weather since we were expecting some nasty storms on Saturday and Sunday. But the weather man was slightly wrong. We did get storms but not enough to stop us.

We ended up working late on Friday night getting the skid loader work done. Actually I was unable to help with the digging so I sat on the deck steps with the monitor in hand listening for Tana. I did walk over to the neighbors who had the same idea as us. They were trying to get their lawn sodded before the rain.

Here is is digging out the patio under the deck in front of the basement sliding door. I am excited to use this door this summer. Since it is under the deck, grass doesn't grow and is a muddy mess most of the summer.

Gravel is down and Jason has used the "wacker packer" on it! PROGRESS!!!

The unexpected Saturday surprise was the lack of rain that we got! We (yes I got to help!) got a good chunk of pavers laid before the rain came and Jason needed to return the skid loader to my dad. We also had babysitters coming to relieve us for a much needed date (with Tana). Thanks Heimers!

Sunday proved to be just as nice until late afternoon so we got about 2/3 of the pavers laid. The hard and long part will be finishing it up. I would take a picture of it now, but it is covered with sand to "lock" it into place.

Funny part #1 - Jason might be an engineer, but his ability to estimate the number of bricks needed for this project = WAY TOO MANY! We have used about 75% of one palet and still have a full other one sitting there. How will we get those back to Menards?

Funny part #2 - The rain did come in the evening about 8ish on Sunday - knocking our power out right at bath time. Drew scared. Ally chit chatting away wondering/trying to figure out all the things that we could still use. Tana - whatever. We have an electric water heater and obviously a limited amount of water and 5 people that desperately needed showers. I got in and took a luke/cold shower and turned the heat up and gave each kid the fastest shower ever. Tana when thrown in sprawled her arms and legs out like a cat getting wet, but finally calmed down with the warm water. Kids went to bed in our bed surrounded by candle light. Lights came back on after about 2 hours. Oh we take electricty for granted!