When my parents were here to work on the fireplaces, there were lots of little project that were completed (in addition to painting the sheds and painting the fence). Here are some photos of the other projects we worked on...
Chris got me a hammock for Christmas and it has been sitting in boxes in our garage since then. I have so many wonderful memories of swinging in the hammock at Nana and Pawpaw's house and I was excited to have on of our own.
Dad and I setting up the frame (not as easy as we first thought, it would have helped if the instructions had words on them!) But it is made out of beautiful wood and fits in perfectly with our plan for a tropical backyard.
The frame kind of looks like the frame of a boat!
We were able to get it put together and set up...now for the test swing!
"Um...Dad...I don't think we did it right". The instructions did say it held up to 300 pounds and I know I'm nowhere near that, but as soon as I sat on it I bottomed out on the frame!
We realized what had happened, but I had to get to work so I couldn't wait around to test it again.
When I came home while on break from work, I tested it out and it was just perfect! I for see many afternoons reading in the hammock!
We needed to hang our backyard patio lights more securely, so we bought some small gold hooks and to make them blend in better, I sprayed them the same color as the patio awning.
Not to let you think it was all easy going, there was hard work going on all weekend, and it was a good thing that we had a Nurse, a Paramedic, and an EMT on scene because there were a couple of injuries.
Mom scratched her leg...
and Chris drilled through his finger (don't worry, I fixed it with super glue!)
We all were sore and had some bumps and bruises after a long weekend of hard work.
But it was worth it because we checked off more items off of our to-do list!
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