The Swingset Saga

We finally have a swingset back! Insurance paid to replace our 4-4 storm damaged one, and Jmk got his dad to come in on a Saturday to help get it all together.

This is Jason organizing the eleventy hundred pieces that the set comes in. He separated the wood into types, and then organized each phase of the project according to the instruction manual.






PopPop came in the next morning, and they got to it. They got an amazing amount of work done in one day. Especially considering that they were sandwiched in by rain that morning and later that afternoon. They just built as much as possible in the garage!

As you can see, there is a ton of mud where the set is sitting now. There were three trees there. 4-4 took 2 of them, and we purposefully brought down the hickory so that it wouldn't be a lone tree taking the full brunt of any future storms. So, because of the major muddy mess.....






Jmk proceeded to lay some sod the next week so the kids wouldn't have to wear mud boots every time they wanted to play.












He could barely get the swings attached before they were running to get on them.













Jmk put the finishing touches on the set last Saturday afternoon while the kids were taking their nap.