BIRTHDAYS AND PATIOS

Sunday, July 13, 2008 I showed up at Corey and Stacey’s around 9:30 yesterday morning to help him with their back yard. They have approximately a 16X26 foot area; just enough for a patio. We did some digging down and leveling so we could lay pavers. Then we went to Lowe’s and bought nine sixteen inch pavers and some pea gravel as well as a few smaller pavers and some weed barrier cloth to get started. I took over my leftover 2X4s, my miter saw a rake, a mallet and a few other odds and ends. We got far enough along to lay the nine pavers. They look nice. Corey figured out a nice plan as to how to lay them. By five or so in the afternoon we were beat but had accomplished a lot though mostly preliminary. Today Wayne and Ginnie, Stacey’s parents went over and helped. They made several trips to Lowe’s, and in total laid an additional nineteen pavers if I remember correctly. Now, it is really looking nice. We are approaching the halfway mark in pavers and much of the initial prep work is done for the rest. Looking nice guys. Last night we had a second birthday party for Jayden at our house. Diane, Austin and Molly were there. We ate hotdogs and hamburgers then went to the pool and swam. After going back to our place we ate cake. Among other things, Jayden got a tool kit. I knew he was into such things. It was rather all inclusive. As of this evening he was still pounding nails and drilling holes. Bailey is jealous and keeps getting mad when he doesn’t hand over the tool he is using right now! His birthday was Thursday the tenth. He had a party at their place for Stacey’s side of the family. They then came to our place to use the pool.