Some Weekend Fun

So here's what we've been working on this weekend....

First, in our basement we're trying to get a little work out corner goin so we can maybe get to it with our P90 again. Before we came back to NE, I was searching for different ideas on how to put up a pull up bar since we dont' have any door frames down there. Found a couple good ones, ran them by my dad and he put together the frame part for us and I brought it back home from NE a few weeks back. Then Erin and I put em up one night, but we still had the problem with the bar rotating thru the hole, so last night ryan put some construction adhesive in all the holes and taped up the bar so it's easier to hold on to. Check out the results....

And a couple weeks ago we found a super cheap set of dumbbells online so now i think we're set! Now pray that we have enough energy after the kids go to bed for a workout..... hahaaaa Thanks dad! Looks great!

Secondly....The fort has been making us nervous with those big windows. We have had many a friend with little kids come over, and with Sydney being so small....even the boys. I admit, we have climbers, so I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they think they can just be-bop their way out the window and scale down to the ground. NOT GOOD. And it's not really that safe to have kids over and then just let them go downstairs with out us. freak me out! SOOOO, we did a little doctoring last night and......


...made a jail!!! Hahaha, just kiddin. but at least they can't fall out now. They can still shoot nerf guns through those windows. =) And you might have noticed the drywall mud, one sand away from being ready to paint! WOOP! I'm ready to be done working on it, so better get a move on and get it done.

And lastly, probably the most work, on Saturday afternoon we rented a thatch machine for $40...TOTALLY WORTH IT. Last year we just raked....and raked, and raked, and raked, and didn't even TOUCH the amount of dead grass we came up with using this hog. We had it for 4 hours and it was on the whole time. Joe helped us too, here's what they were doing....

HA! Apparently g kept getting mad at him cause he was falling asleep while he was reading. soooo funny. But soon after this it was nap time for the kids and then he was outside helping us. =) Now feast your eyes on THIS yard!!


Look at the heaps of dead grass. unbelievable. And pretty nasty. we couldn't rake it up fast enough....then Ry would go back over it again and rake up some more piles. Seriously....SO WORTH $40! that would have taken us WEEKS of raking to get that much out (3 packed dumpsters full) and probably sore arms for a month. haa ANNNDDD notice the color of our yard compared to everyone elses. oh ya, totally brown! one might think it's because of the dead grass laying on top, buuuuttt it's really that color underneath. not embarassing at all. Hurry up spring!! Altogether great weekend and the weather is gradually getting warmer. can't wait to spend some more time outside (even though it's raining today) doing yard work and getting the garden ready! Woop!