This weekend my mom was in town again to help us do some outside odd jobs and boy did we get alot accomplished! Jason has been dreaming of putting in a fire pit in our backyard since before we moved here. So, luckily, after finding this special “pyzique” brick and a wheel rim from my mom’s work we now have ourselves a full-functioning fire pit. We burned some branches and sticks we picked up and even had a marshmallow roast while we had the fire going. It was pretty fun!

Another major task we got accomplished around here was moving the play yard from the previous owners. They had a swing set installed and had filled in around it with wood chips and contained by railroad ties….right in the middle of our backyard. It wouldn’t have been so bad if the weeds hadn’t started to grow up through the woods chips and if it hadn’t been smack-dab right in the middle of the yard. So, Jason and my Mom worked like troopers getting the woods chips and weed paper up off the lawn and they even managed to get the swing set moved to its new location. It looks so much better and makes our backyard look twice as big. Now, our big chore will be getting grass to grow next spring in the spot where the whole ensamble was. Here are a few pictures of all Jason and Mom’s hardwork over the weekend.