SPRING CLEANING

We finally began our outdoor spring cleaning today. There is still a lot of brush and garbage around the place from the previous owner. So, we just started at one corner - loading the truck with all the debris. We also wanted the kids to get working on building the fire pit and benches to go around it. First of all we had to rake the area and pick everything up. Then Me, Josh and his friend started to dig the hole for the tire rim to fit into. It was hard digging because there is so much clay, but we got it done.

Hannah and Jedine picked up the shovel long enough to get their picture taken before they disappeared. As you can see by Hannah's footwear she is more concerned about fashion than practicality.

Just look at poor Naomi - she is working so hard. Slave-like really!

Meanwhile, Josh assumes the position of foreman.

Later on we decided to start working on making the benches. Hannah and Jedine built one and Josh and his friends built another one. It was getting very cold and windy so we stopped work then. But the wind calmed down enough that they were able to enjoy a fire over which they cooked hotdogs and marshmallows.
Just a taste of the work to come. Oh, Brian did help a lot, even though there are no pictures to prove it. However, he did desert us to attend a first aid course he was taking this weekend. He more than made up for it though by taking the last load of garbage to the dump all by himself while I sat here and wrote this.