MEMORIAL DAY 2012
We started the day with hauling rocks. We thought we had worked pretty hard! Hyrum, Benjamin, Rachel, Bethany and David all worked with mom and we made a lot of progress! We also moved some extra gravel down to the pond edge to help soak up the muck and mud.
The afternoon brought naps!!!
About 3pm, the Bennett family came over and Brother Ron Bennett was ready to work! I had mentioned moving rocks. There were 3 especially big rocks down in the water edge that I was wishing we had but I said that I couldn't even budge them so I didn't know if we could get them moved. Ron said, "You bet we can!" We got Hyrum and Joseph out and with the tractor, trailer, a couple of 2x4's and some pure "freezer power" those men moved the rocks!! The biggest one was probably 300+ pounds -- by Ron's estimation!
The rocks were hauled over to our new "fishing spot" and we created two very nice steps for going down to the pond. We had created a path down the hill earlier in the day and Ron helped us finish out a very nice landing! We also created and rock area up on the hill for sitting, too! Our big project is shaping up nicely -- step by step!!
Tomorrow we dig up "Monkey Grass", build the remaining garden beds and the workers finish pouring our concrete -- then we can finish planting the "Knock Out Roses!"
After the work, we swam and BBQ Teryaki Chicken and Roasted some delicious vegetables! Watermelon hit the spot for dessert.
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| Rachel and Mason |
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| David relaxes and reads after his swim |
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| Brother Ron Bennett helps David set up his fishing pole! |
To finish off the evening, the kids went fishing down on our new rocks and caught several fish!
Playing on the playground was necessary as we headed up to the car to say goodbye!
We sure enjoyed the Bennett family this evening! Thank you for spending today with us!
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| Bethany caught a little Perch but wouldn't touch it! |
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| Rachel caught a good sized Catfish |
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| Rachel and Bethany enjoying a fishing spot! |
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| Mason on his 3rd or 4th can of pop -- he doesn't drink the whole thing, but still ..... who is his mother!! :) |
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| Bethany caught another fish!!! |
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| David finally caught a fish using the small baby snake that he killed for me this morning -- it was under a rock that we moved. |
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