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The Finished Playset

This summer we took on the major project of building a playset/fort for our kids. It was a blast and the kids absolutely love to play on it and loved helping to make it. Since it's easier to tell a story in pictures...here we go:

Building the base and the posts. Sterling helping put on washers and nuts. Not to be outdone by her brother, Hannah helped put on the the nuts and then the washers...lots of them. And then she wanted to help tighten them on. The missionaries wanted a few service hours (and some Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler). They helped put the floor boards in. The posts looked huge tall at this point and looked really funny. We also had some friends over for a BBQ and to help get on the roof and the picket pieces. It ended up being a freezing cold day for it, but was still fun.

We got a huge load of sand dumped in the driveway for the garden and sandbox...that was a lot of wheelbarrows.

The kids liked to play while Spence worked (and I took pictures Ü). Spence was finishing the railing and floorboards while the kids anxiously waited for the slide to be put on. Railing done (or so we thought). Now it's time for the slide...any helpers??? Now some stairs so we can get up to the slide. Grandpa came and stayed with us for a few weeks. We got the shingles on the roof...The swing bar built and the swings and trapeze bar on. It was late when we got that part done...but we still had to test them out...I think they work! Then we decided we needed a parallel bar to hang on and learn how to do flips and chin-ups and all those fun things. It's just our size....almost! After putting on the swings we realized we needed to move the railing. We put a ladder on the outside so the kids didn't have to go through the sand every time they wanted to go to the top. Especially when they were wet....

And the finished project.......We still have to add a railing to the inside where the stairs come up, but it's not a huge concern right now. The kids love to have picnics up there and play for hours in the sand. Sterling even (on his own accord) figured out how to sled down the slide. He loved it...Hannah not as much though. We had a great time building it, memories of project like this together will stay with for a lifetime.