First official work day

After having closed on Thursday, Eric and I took Friday off to work on the house.  He and dad finished assembling the wagon and then started on switching out locks.

Mom and I got started raking leaves and making piles, filling wagon after wagon and making a nice bonfire pile of twigs.

We spent ALL DAY making loads and piles--it was a perfect day to work, probably barely hit 60 degreees--and was even chilly when you stopped working.

Mom and I trimmed, then we all took turns picking up, dumping, burning, and moving around--it worked really well and we got a ton done.

After dumping loads and loads into various piles, we decided just to burn a few of them--the back yard needs seeded anyway--from all the years of leaves smothering the grass.  It looks pretty different to us, but to the casual visitor, you probably cant't tell we did a thing.

We got the garage door open and started parking things in there, so we aren't taking as much back and forth too.

That barn is HUGE and the girls will love it for years to come--as will we. It didn't use to be high on the list to finish the bathroom and kitchen, but now i'm reconsidering moving that up.

We picked up the girls and made plans to come back Saturday and have a bonfire with some of the twigs we'd gathered.