Uncle Paul was here for a visit, so I made good use of his time. I have been bugging Kevin about a swing set on and off for a while now. Well, he had to go out of town for work, Paul was here, and I found some swing sets. I sent emails on two different ones, and only got one response. So, we negotiated a price, and I told Paul he got to move a swing set for me. While we were disassembling it, the other person emailed me, so I asked my friend if she wanted the other one. We finagled some deals and pick up times. Then, the next day, rented a trailer and set Paul to work. We picked up mine, came home to drop it off, then Paul headed out to pick up the other one. In order to get it in the backyard, Paul took apart our fence. I asked the missionaries if they could come help, and they were more than happy to oblige. Jameson had to go get his tools and help, along with Ella.

After we got both swing sets in the backyards, Paul got the treat of putting them back together. Lucky for him, the next day it rained, so he got to take a couple days off. He got our friend’s put together first, then finished ours on Saturday.

Once they were all together, we decided a bbq was in order to test them out. The kids loved it. Here is Ella and her best bud, who she also calls Ella even though that is not her name, getting their chance on the swings.

It has been heaven. Well, when it’s nice enough to send them out to play. The first few days it was nice weather, and the kids went out first thing in the morning. I can actually make dinner without them in the kitchen or fighting. I told Kevin it was totally worth it, and the bright side was, he didn’t have to do anything. It just magically appeared… thanks to Paul.

I had asked Jameson if he wanted to go to the park and he replied, “Mom, we don’t need to go to the park. We have swings right here.” Awesome. When Kevin got back in town and he saw how much the kids love it, he finally admitted it might be worth it. 🙂