Let the FUN begin!!

Yes, these are the makings of a beautiful swing set!! Shawn's parents bought our kids the coolest swing set on the block! I have never seen the kids so excited. They couldn't wait for the boys to get it together - little did they know it would take 11 hours to build...
Here's my cute hubby, hard at work!
"Look, Shawn, this is getting pretty complicated, we better read some directions." says Papa Settle
"No, seriously, Shawn, I just don't get this...let me read the directions one more time."
"Hmmmm, still not quite sure about this, Shawn, maybe we should take a break and have a beer."

For pete's sake dad! It's just a swing set!! No wonder it took 11 hours to put together!!

We still have some work to do, like get sand for the sandbox (which is right behind where the kids are sitting at the built in picnic table) and we need some wood chips, but we're close! LOVE the swing set! I see hours of fun in our future!! (and probably some bruises, too)

Besides building a cool swing set, Shawn and I also got to go on a date this weekend! Shawn had a big formal affair down at Bartle Hall downtown - Shawn had to wear a tux!!! YIPEE!! There were over 800 people there - it was the opening of their new grand ballroom which was an E&K project. (it was $250/plate!! wow!!) I have been wanting to get dressed up like that for years, haven't dressed up like that since prom I think, but I wasn't real excited to go prom dress shopping only 8 weeks after giving birth. Oh well, it was a night out and we had a blast. Here's photo - don't we look like a happy high school couple headed off to the senior prom?!?!And now I must head outside for dinner - we are having a picnic! Hope you all have a good week, and if you want to stop by, don't ring the doorbell, just head to the backyard - you know where we'll be!!

Hope you are having the time of your life!

ST