Hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter weekend! The weather was perfectly beautiful here in Savannah, and we were able to celebrate with Dad, Catherine, Johnny and Robbie, who drove down here from Atlanta. It was a wonderful visit!
Last weekend, the Easter Bunny made an early visit to our home, delivering a long awaited for backyard Play Set for Owen! All 700 pounds of it had been patiently resting in our garage, ready for Dad to get here so that Lou and Dad could begin assembly this weekend. I must admit, I was a little anxious about the thought of them putting it together. I've heard horror stories from multiple friends of mine on how difficult it can be to put together, and I was just hoping that we could get through the weekend with minimal swear words, no one walking off the job, and a non-lopsided swing set.
My expectations were far exceeded! Lou and Dad did a PERFECT job assembling the set. They worked so well together and were in tandem the entire day (well, 1 day + 2 hours). The end result was magnificent. Check out the pictures!
First up was to break down the boxes and bring all the pieces (there must have been hundreds) to the back yard and sort them according to labels. Fortunately, Robbie was here and was a huge help with this.
Here's Lou pushing one of the smaller boxes to the back yard.
This is at about hour 4 on the job. What a team they make!
About hour 7 I think. The three levels are now complete.
And... tada!!! The end result (hour 11). A beautiful playset for the back yard, complete with 3 swings, a sand box, a climbing wall (still need to screw in the rocks for the climbing wall), a telescope and a slide!
This expression on Owen's face about says it all! We could barely keep him off the pieces of the set as we were putting it together. He waited with so much excitement, and just loved it when we finally told him he could go play!
We're so glad my Dad and Catherine were here to help put it together. We truly, truly enjoyed spending time with them, and we'll never forget the two days spent putting the swing set together. It's a memory we'll always have!
Johnny spent Friday night here on his way down to Jacksonville for his Spring Break. He's graduating in less than two months, and we couldn't be prouder of him. Here are Dad and Catherine's three boys....
Meanwhile, while the boys were outside working on the swing set, Robbie, Catherine, Owen and I were working on coloring the Easter eggs. Owen was in charge of putting the stickers on the eggs. He loved it. We only dropped five of them! ha ha
Here's Owen, showing off his masterpiece
On Easter morning, we all got ready for church and took a few pictures.
And, after church, well you can probably guess what Owen just HAD to do!
Owen loved his Easter egg hunt. He kept trying to put the football and basketball in his basket too, though.
One last picture - my dad and my son.
Love you!
Love you!
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