Swingset!

This weekend, since we had some decent weather, we tackled the big job of getting the swingset looking good again. As you can tell, this is no ordinary swingset. It has a glider that seats between 4-6 adults (depends on how comfortable you are with each other), places for 4 swings, and a teeter-totter. It is a monster of a thing, dating way back to the '80's, when Jeff, Garret and I first enjoyed it's pristine paint and the first of many under-dogs.... It has since endured MANY kids, several moves, and lots of wear and tear. I was lucky enough to get it when my parents moved to Ogden, so we have decided to be good swingset owners and fix it up a bit. We have big plans to replace all the wood with Trex, but until that happens, it's paint for now. We spent all day Saturday sanding and painting, and it's almost ready to erect. Kennedy was a so excited to help, she has missed playing on it since we took it down late last summer to move. Despite new work gloves, the work soon lost it's appeal, however. After about 3 minutes of "sanding," she says, "what am I, Cinderella? This is hard!" She noticed my incredulous look, and the sanding block in my hand, and then said, "I mean, what are we, Cinderellas?" She is quite the diva... As soon as Dustin lines up a loader tractor, we'll be swingin'. Hopefully, it will only be a few days and I'll post pics of it in all of it's shiny new splendor.

The "Cinderellas"...