This is the Shed that Ben Built. . .

These are the pieces.

This is Ben, who bought the pieces.

These are the friends, who helped Ben, who bought the pieces.

This is the box the pieces came in and a kid of one of our friends, who helped Ben, who bought the pieces.

This is the wall that goes to the shed, that came in the box the pieces came in and a kid of one of our friends, who helped Ben, who bought the pieces.

These are all the walls, the wall that goes to the shed, that came in the box the pieces came in and a kid of one of our friends, who helped Ben, who bought the pieces.

This is the door. That attaches to the walls, the walls that go to the shed, that came in the box the pieces came in and a kid of one of our friends, who helped Ben, who bought the pieces.

This is the shed that Ben built, that has a door that attaches to walls, the walls that go to the shed that came in the box the pieces came in and a kid of one of our friends, who helped Ben who bought the pieces.

It was so nice to have friends come and help us put it together. The missionaries even showed up which was great! Thanks for everyone who helped!

Here are some other projects we have been working on.

ROCK LANDSCAPE

The girls, their friend and I tackled the side of the house while Ben was at work. We finished more than half. I told the girls they were so strong and bought them slurpees for payment.

PLANTER BOXES

Ben made the planter boxes and we filled them(this was after finishing the rock landscaping) with some yummy topsoil. We'll we hope the plants think it's yummy. Afterwards, Ben and I wanted to pass out.

This was the marathon day where I did fifty million things. I woke up early to grocery shop, ran a 5K, bought a bike, went to yard sales, finished putting the rocks in, conducted the music at a baptism, filled the planter boxes with topsoil, and went to a birthday party!

Many of our plants died from our old yucky soil and so we planted some new ones.

GRASS

I give all props to Ben being able to grow grass. This has been the longest project ever and it is still not done.

We began in October of last year. I dug most of the trenches by hand, because we wanted to use the pipes from the old system, that did not work. We also wanted to check to see if there were any leaks in the pipes.

Ben put the sprinkler system in and had the faith that grass would grow from seed.

I had my doubts. But you can see here, that yes indeed, grass can grow from seed.

It's not perfect and there are still holes everywhere that we are trying to patch. Also a big chunk by the kids play area, we had to kill with Roundup because they were all weeds. We are going to rototiller the area and start from scratch.

Yard work is hard work but making improvements in your yard also brings a sense of satisfaction and happiness. We still have a ton more to do, but we are proud of what we have done so far!