our new project .. day one ..

last week jeff drove to oklahoma city to pick up our new playground and to check on his dad for me .. hank had knee replacement surgery a bit ago and i wanted him to stop by and say hi .. so cash and i get home from school and this is what we see .. jeff was waiting on us to get home before he started .. i said to him .. great .. that way i can get pics from the beginning .. he said .. no .. so you can help me .. oh ... i said ..

cash heard those words .. the help me part .. and he sprung into action .. he did just what grandpa does anytime jeff needs any help .. he went and got his tractor ..

so first you measure .. where do you want this babe .. he says to me .. well .. what about right here .. in the shade .. that way the slide will not be 100 degrees and burn their little hiney's when they slide down it .. and i won't be hot while i sit and watch them play .. ok .. he says .. so we measured .. and yes ... i see how gross and dirty the bottoms of ellie's feet are .. and yes .. i know that she is not wearing any shoes ..

then you sort and unload and unwrap and lay all the pieces out ..

if i was in charge we would then sit down and read the directions from beginning to end .. you can see that they have not even been opened .. not so much as even a crease in the page ..

break time .. we had to sit down and get a plan .. not the plan like what was in the directions .. but jeff's plan .. he knows way more than the rainbow play systems people .. way more ..

ellie had the best seat in the house .. all that jumping and running around without any shoes on wore her out ..

cash helped wiggle all those little pieces out .. he spent at least 30 minutes on it .. and notice uncle dan .. he is wearing clothes !!!

baby blue on a break ..

oh .. wait a minute .. whats this .. jeff .. reading the directions .. holy cow .. i hollered over to him .. what are you reading .. the warranty information he hollers back at me .. oh .. sure .. i can see that now is the perfect time to read about the warranty information .. sure .. is it on the page where step #1 is .. if it is .. can you go ahead and read step #1 ..

this is as far as we made it the first night .. noah and daniel .. the trapeze artists from work are coming to help .. they are bringing their super fancy power tools .. i am betting that things move along lots faster ..