Sunday, July 11, 2010

Smarter not Harder


We have a problem when it comes to home improvement. We get about 90% done and then stop. We decided that we are getting this deck 100% done. Today, with the boys help, we moved bushes and put together hanging baskets.


The bushes that the boys moved were originally against the house; we moved them in April when we started this whole deck project. When we first moved them it took Dan and I a week to get 5 bushes moved. Matt and Nate dug the holes, moved the bushes, and filled the holes in 3 hours - it sucks getting old. At least Dan and I are smart enough to realize when we can make things easier for us (notice Dan supervising while the boys do the grunt work).

As you can see from the pictures we put up privacy lattice the other day. It's not that we don't like out neighbors, but now that we have a hot tub we sometimes want some privacy-if you get my drift :).

Tomorrow we move dirt and rocks!

2 comments:

june_rdn said...

The deck looks great. I love the planter boxes. But as my kids would say "ooh gross" TMI about the hot tub.

Brian, Heather, Bennet, Neil said...

The hang plants and boxes really make it look special.