Showing posts with label Stout Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stout Projects. Show all posts
Friday, September 18, 2009
Announcing...
4:23 PM |
Again a little slow getting to this, but doing my best to NOT fall into the "3rd child gets nothing" trap! I WAS super prepared for the birth announcement. Even looked up gender neutral, boy & girl ideas on the web prior to delievery. I worked on the address list of folks I'd be sending them to. Then the birth came, mommy fell apart and here we are! I'm posting it here before I snail mail it out b/c I just ordered them so by the time they are in and I get them sent...well they might as well be our Christmas cards! :) Hehehe!
I must share that my friend Ruth made this announcement. She is simply amazing at creating announcements, Christmas cards, invitations, etc. She did Aidan's announcement and our Christmas cards the last several years. She can make a beautiful card using my random snapshots and she also is a very talented photographer herself!
So here it is..
Funny story about the photo shoot for this. Isaac was all tense having Matt hold him 1/2 naked in his arms for the newborn shoot at Penney's. YET, for this photo shoot Isaac was sound asleep 1/2 naked in the back of a Tonka truck in the backyard AS the ice cream man drives by playing obnoxious music!?!? :)
Thanks again Ruth! You're the best!
I must share that my friend Ruth made this announcement. She is simply amazing at creating announcements, Christmas cards, invitations, etc. She did Aidan's announcement and our Christmas cards the last several years. She can make a beautiful card using my random snapshots and she also is a very talented photographer herself!
So here it is..
Funny story about the photo shoot for this. Isaac was all tense having Matt hold him 1/2 naked in his arms for the newborn shoot at Penney's. YET, for this photo shoot Isaac was sound asleep 1/2 naked in the back of a Tonka truck in the backyard AS the ice cream man drives by playing obnoxious music!?!? :)
Thanks again Ruth! You're the best!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Stout Recreation Center
12:05 PM |
Matt's never-ending project the last few VERY rainy weeks and weekends is what we have now named the Stout Recreation Center!! Our poor backyard has been bare...well not totally bare...there was a small little metal swing set. The kids had really out grown, especially with all the extra kids from day to day. So, after a couple years of researching we chose the the Sky Fort from Sam's Club. Matt picked it up...4- 200 lb boxes with a 10 ft. green slide pictured below. It took up residency in our garage through many rainy days torturing the kids!!
Let the sorting begin. Matt and his dad spent most of one drizzly day sorting the lumber, parts & pieces. Pictured below are the 1000's of screws, bolts and hardware. Crazy!!! The instructions said the project would take 40 hours to complete. We didn't really track hours of work, but the pile of lumber and hardware seemed overwhelming to me!
After sorting let Work day #1 begin. With the backyard a swamp work began in the driveway & garage. The main clubhouse with picnic table & sandbox was constructed in the driveway, minus the roof for fear of it getting to heavy to move to the back or catching wind in a storm. They also constructed the rock wall, ladder, monkey bars, and side supports in the garage out of the rainy day elements.
Club house and supplies moved to the back. I SO WISH I had pics of Matt and Dwain moving it to the backyard!! I wasn't home, but in only a way my creative FIL could he constructed some apparatus with wheels that they placed the clubhouse on and pushed it to the back yard.
Main club house done, complete with roof. Base leveled and weed barrier (black tarp stuff) in place. The kids love it already! They've even enjoyed a few picnics on the built in picnic table.
Whala...It's done!! Here's a shot from our patio doors!!!
A closer look. The lookout tower on the top is a fav, complete with telescope. Aidan and Emma love the glider as well. Emma can spend hours swinging while Aidan burns up the ladder and slide!
Still bunches to do. Post holes are dug for the privacy fence that will run along the right side of the photo. A retaining wall will be build around the play area to hold in the 15 tons of pea gravel we're ordering. Matt is building benches for my lazy rump to rest on and a built in toy box for all the outdoor toys. Then the fun REALLY begins as I get to do landscaping I've been waiting for the last couple years. Yeah! So, excited! Problem is we gotta get this done in the next few weeks before I'm too round to get on the ground! So, come one, come all and play with us!! (One draw back...for those of us fair skinned folks...the mature shade trees are NOT in place...bring sunblock!) Will post more when totally complete!!
A closer look. The lookout tower on the top is a fav, complete with telescope. Aidan and Emma love the glider as well. Emma can spend hours swinging while Aidan burns up the ladder and slide!
Still bunches to do. Post holes are dug for the privacy fence that will run along the right side of the photo. A retaining wall will be build around the play area to hold in the 15 tons of pea gravel we're ordering. Matt is building benches for my lazy rump to rest on and a built in toy box for all the outdoor toys. Then the fun REALLY begins as I get to do landscaping I've been waiting for the last couple years. Yeah! So, excited! Problem is we gotta get this done in the next few weeks before I'm too round to get on the ground! So, come one, come all and play with us!! (One draw back...for those of us fair skinned folks...the mature shade trees are NOT in place...bring sunblock!) Will post more when totally complete!!P.S. Thanks Matt & Dwain!!! You are the best and the kids sooo love all the love and work put into this!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)