Blood Sweat & Tears

We FINALLY finished our patio project. We have been working on it literally all summer.

Since there was no way to get a bobcat or other equipment into our backyard we had to load and unload everything by hand and move everything by wheelbarrow. We had to haul out several truckloads of dirt and rocks, haul in a dump truck load of gravel, several trailer loads of sand, and then we had to move in the paving rocks. We had to unload over 10,000 pounds of paving stones. 10,000 POUNDS! Oh my aching back!!!!!

We bought four huge rocks to use as steps. They each weighed about 400 pounds. They were so heavy we had to get our neighbors the Hafens (they have three strapping teenage sons) to help us unload the rocks and move them into the backyard. Talk about blood, sweat, and tears!

Now that the project is complete we think all the work was worth it. But you be the judge . . .