Work, Work, Play

On Friday, last week, we finished getting all of the rock out for our landscaping. We have had all sorts of plants, bushes, and trees for years--but no rock. All of the weeds were really getting way annoying so it was decided it was high time to finish this little project up. Courtney had the day off so it seemed like the perfect opportunity.

It is a little funny that my picture ended up first on the post because I really didn't do much actual work. My job was simply to pull the 4 front bushes out and plant new ones. Hopefully these will do better than our other ones. After I completed that I sat back and watched all of the hard work take place while I tried to entertain Averi.
Thank heavens for Courtney's mom. She came over and helped most of the day. We never would have gotten finished without her. I sometimes feel like we give her the most awful jobs. I mean, really, how excited would you be to go help someone shovel and move rock in the 100 degree heat. But she came happily, and we really appreciated the help.

Here comes the play part. We had the trailer lifted but it wasn't quite getting all of the rock out. So the kids had to climb up to the top and then use their feet to try to kick the rock towards the bottom. They weren't to disappointed about helping-they loved it.

And Rylan was in hog heaven all day long. He seriously sat in this sand pile and rolled around almost the entire day. His day couldn't have gotten much better in his opinion.

We were able to catch a picture of Courtney on his last wheelbarrow load of rocks. He worked for two days getting this all done. I feel so lucky that he isn't afraid of hard work. Thanks, babe. It really makes the landscaping look "finished".