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Monday, May 10, 2010

Mother's Day Weekend 2010-Part 1

For some, Mother's day/weekend is a relaxing escape...a special weekend free from responsibility and daily chores. For others, it is jammed packed with manual labor. While I was thinking to myself, "what in the world are we thinking trying to get this done on the COLDEST and WINDIEST weekend

Lexie taking an active roll in building her "play park"...she was having so much fun...but boy was it COLD!


Um...this is going to take a while--this is where we are about 2 hours into it--gonna be a loooong day!

Aunt Allie brought Lexie outside again so she could inspect the progress just before we called it quits for lunch. Not too shabby--the deck is done and so is the picnic table!

After our lunch break, we were after it again...


Really starting to take shape! the roof is on...and just in the nick of time, as it started to rain! (Have I failed to mention thus far that the winds were sustained at about 30mph???)

So much done...and by the looks of that wood pile, so much more to do!

Window archways are in and the side "walls" are started!


After working for a few more hours, we took another break to eat some dinner! Even though the weather wasn't conducive for grillin' out, we still fired up the grill for some fillets and scallops! MMMMMMmmmm--if I do say so myself!

Lexie and Grandpa at the dinner table--both with full bellies!
Lexie giving Aunt Allie and Uncle Marcus good night kisses...little did Aunt Allie know she would be putting Lexie to bed--she LOVES her Aunt Allie!
One more picture with Grandpa!
Granny was a HUGE help--she got to stay warm inside with the kids!!! Olivia and Lexie kept her quite busy!!! Here she is with Olivia just before bedtime.
After dinner, it was back to the grind! Only a little bit of daylight left...so we had to keep on keeping on! We managed to get the windows in, the safety handles on, the rock wall assembled and attached and all of the side walls finished! Whew---I am beat!

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