Last year for Christmas, Jason and Alyssa gave us the gift of a paved sidewalk.  This past Saturday and Sunday, he had time to install it.  The traffic from our students had created a path in the back yard from the street to the patio.  Winter and spring weather turned that path to mud, so this is a much needed and appreciated addition!
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| The base layer was gravel, and in this picture, Jason is smoothing the sand layer. | 
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| Making sure it's straight | 
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| Look at the size of the roots we had to get out--some of them were as big around as my arm is!  Thankfully Jason used his skid-steer to pop them up.  Then Dad chopped them off with an ax. | 
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| Mel and I mostly helped the second afternoon.  Alyssa and Mia were there on Saturday, and somebody had to sacrifice and hold the baby! :)  I gladly helped entertain her! | 
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| The two goofs being themselves. | 
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| Mom and I were the paver transporters. | 
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| It's getting close! | 
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| Brushing the special sand into the grooves. | 
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| It was getting pretty chilly by the time they finished Sunday evening, so Mel and I had a nice pot of soup ready for hard workers when they came in. | 
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| Compacting | 
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| We still have some dirt and the roots to take away, but we love the end product!  Thanks Jase! | 
 
2 comments:
Looks great! And you make it seem so fun to do all that hard work! ;)
Thanks, Sage! I didn't do as much, but it went fairly quickly once we got the roots out!
~F
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