We're feeling incredibly blessed these days. It is so nice to have all of the appliances in the kitchen, to be able to cook, bake, and wash dishes in the dishwasher. Over the course of the next few days,we'll have a few minor things we need to finish up before the kitchen is totally finished. We're so thankful for our friend Shauna and all of her help.
Since "Projects" seems to be the theme of this summer at our house, I'll tell you about our latest project. In a word, it's a swimming pool. (Oops that's two words.) The girls have always wanted a pool, and they finally saved up enough money to purchase one. It arrived weeks ago and was torture to look at inside the box on the few hot days we had in June. Why not set it up right away you ask? Well, because there isn't a single flat spot in our backyard. Initially, we thought we could dig out a nice flat spot by ourselves...I have no doubt we could have done it, but we wanted to swim in the pool THIS summer! So, a nice gentleman with a bobcat, affectionately known as "The Digger Guy" at our house, helped us out with dirt removal.
Before we knew it, we had a nice level spot. Two feet was the deepest amount that had to be dug. A lovely dirt circle that was 23 feet across, but we were left with a semi circle dirt wall that tapered down to the level ground from it's highest point of 2 feet. Time to build a retaining wall! I've never built a retaining wall or even entertained the idea, but I can now say that I have done it! Of course I had a lot of help. Dave brought the majority of the cement blocks from the drive way around to the back yard (not an easy job with a yard on an incline) and the girls and I worked and worked until we had it built. Lesley had to go to work in the afternoons, so much of the wall was accomplished by Ashley and me. I have some hard working girls.
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