Playhouse!

 Daddy has been working on the playhouse in his "spare" time. He got it all wired, insulated, sheet-rocked, and then mudded and taped. The big girls and I have been taking turns helping out where we can and one Saturday Lou and Peaches wanted to help too.

 We showed them how to fill in the screw holes and they worked hard.

 

 

Peanut is getting to be a good helper.

 

 

And Peaches actually did really well at it! She was able to fill in the holes perfectly without leaving any excess mud!

 

 

They are getting really excited for the finished product!

Funny Friday

 

Happy Friday! :)

Leftover Thursday

 I ordered Bug a dress off Amazon and it was cute on the model but for some reason it made Bug look Amish! T grabbed a paper towel and put it on her head. Haha!

 

 

These two are glued together at the hip. They are with each other from the minute their eyes open to the minute they close at night. For the most part they play really well but occasionally they start to squabble and I'll try to separate them but they are begging to be back together in just a few minutes.

 

 

 This was the first time I haven't either dropped off or picked up Peanut from summer camp so I wasn't able to get any pictures. She drove up and back with one of the other families from church and the mom sent me these two pics of her having fun.

 

 

These two decided it was their lovies' birthdays so we had homemade brownies (by Bug) and homemade ice cream (by Peanut - Pawpaw's recipe) to celebrate!

 

 

I let them get the perler beads out. SUCH a mess but it keeps them occupied for hours!

 

 

Happy Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday

 

Farmhouse Update - Part 2

 Another Saturday, another family work day.

 

 

We used the rocks to help lay out the garden spot.

 

 

I think the sprinklers are so pretty! They do a little spinning dance. :)

 

 

So many pipes!

 

 

All leading into this. 

 

 

We ended up with 11 zones! This shows ten but we realized one of them didn't have enough pressure so T had to add another after this. 

 

 I got some pictures of the lines so we would know exactly where they are if we ever have problems.

 

 

We finally got everything run and set and then were able to rebury the lines and give the lawn a final smooth out in preparation for seeding. 

 

 

I love how the garden turned out!!! We worked really hard to get it to this point...lots of laying rock, measuring, and fixing, building the metal beds, laying down landscape cloth, and then getting the pea gravel in. Yay!

 

 

We were finally ready to seed!

 

 

Uncle B got us some really nice seed from his company...apparently the same seed they use to do a lot of professional football and baseball fields! 

 

We laid it down thick and after keeping the kids and dog off it for three weeks we actually have a lawn!!! 

 

 

 

We also finished up all the beds and walkways. I am SO happy with how it all turned out! 

 

 

 

It was June 2nd before we were able to plant so we weren't able to get corn, peas, and green beans in or get raspberry bushes, but we did get tomatoes, carrots, some squashes, spinach, kale, and we have two beds of strawberries thanks to Noni giving us some starts. Next year we'll be able to plant everything!

 

 

This year the grass is the star of the show! It's so beautiful and we are LOVING having a lawn! 

 

Yahoo!!!

Farmhouse Update!

These pictures go back several months. T spent MANY  winter weekends working on the shed/playhouse. He would bundle up and work in the snow and cold just plugging away at this thing. 

 

  

 

Whenever it was warm enough the girls and I would go out and help him. Our "yard" looked like this for months. Wood scraps everywhere. The girls like to play with them and build things.

 

  

 

 It looks like this is the day we were putting up the railing.

 

 

 Here is the shed after he got the soffit and facia on.

 

  

 

 In April we decided to put a pause on the building and focus on getting the lawn and garden going. Here is what our garden has been the last few years...a tarped off square. 

 

 

T rototilled the whole yard several times to break up the ground. 

 

 

Then he spent a whole day bringing dirt over to try and level the yard a little. We never realized just how sloped and dipped it was until we started trying to work with it. It is still on a big slant, but he leveled it an impressive amount!

 

 

Ariel view from the window.

 

Our yard was a dirt/mud pit for weeks! These two loved it and have never been dirtier or had more consecutive baths. :P

 

 

The dirt was super soft after all the rototilling so they loved playing in it. 

 

 

And when they got the hose out they instantly turned into mud monsters! 

 

 

 

I didn't even attempt to keep the floors clean for those weeks because it was instantly dirty again and there was a layer of dust all over everything inside and out all the time. :P

 

We spent some time designing the yard and garden and then he borrowed grandpa's Ditch Witch to run the trenches for the sprinklers.

 

 

All the girls helped us pick rock for days on end and then get the sprinklers laid down and plumbed.

 

 

We ended up with 11 zones!

 

 

We put in the rock border over the span of a few days to mark off the lawn.

 

 

More tomorrow!