Our Vacation

Ahhh, vacation.  Time to relax, enjoy the free time, and forget about work.  Right?

Well, not for us!  Dave and I both took a week off of work so we could install a walkway.  We've lived in our house too long without a a path to the front door.  I know our guests were getting tired of traipsing through our yard to get to our front door.  

We planned out the walkway to be the width of the front steps, about six and a half feet wide.  I would guess by the time it wraps to the driveway, it's 60 feet long!  It was a huge project.  In addition to installing the pavers for the walkway, we had to bury 3 downspouts to help with water movement.  Lots of work!!

After 3 days of prep work, Dave was able to lay the first paver.  We all did a happy dance!

The walkway has a couple of curves in it making it more difficult (we do nothing easy) but Dave is handling it like a champ!

My mom came up and helped out tremendously.  She helped us with the walkway during the day and then hung out with Amelia in the evenings.

Amelia enjoyed the process as well.  She got to spend lots of time outside and since it was nice out, she was able to play in her pool.

For some reason, my shoes were so entertaining to her.  She kept lifting them up and giggling!

What a ham!

After several days of hard work, the walkway was nearing completion.  As of today, Dave has all of the pavers down except for the ones that need cut along the edge.  We still have lots of work to do as everything between the house and walkway needs cleaned up and filled with river rock.