Last Monday there was no school so all of the locals of Lynn and Sharons family including Robin and her family came over and spent the day working in Grandma and Grandpas yard. It is unbelievable what they accomplished in such a short time!
All good work parties require lots of fun food. This bunch sure know how to make that happen! I was impressed at how easy they put together a whole banquet. I have a lot to learn from my nieces. Sherilyn and Lisa aren't in the picture but together it was wonderful!
Grandmas favorite part was enjoying the great grandbabies. There were so many kids everywhere but they were so good and so helpful. Most of them were outside working their hearts out.
Randy (in picture) owns a tree service business with another teacher in Coupeville and it suppliments their income by about double. They are very professional. His partner even came and helped free of charge because he does the fruit trees. What a team!
The two trees in the background are apple that have been cut way WAY back! They were covered with ugly suckers and needed it so bad.
They had an assembly line getting the limbs in the chipper! Even the younger kids really worked. There were about 30 people (workers and watchers) who spent the day. Janice even put the little kids to work hauling rocks for Dave's rock wall. (You will see this in a later blog.)
They cut down this cherry tree by the side of the carport. Pops has wanted it cut for a long time.
Oops, this picture is out of order. Randy is up in the Cherry tree preparing it for cutting down.
Dorrel and the boys pulled the rope to keep it from landing on the carport while Randy sawed it down.
The old men stand around and are amazed at how fast and effortlessly the young men and kids get everything done. Pops says there is quite a change in the "old Dickson place!" Mom says the whole family is so good to us. The guys are so happy to have it all done!
Dave sleeping after a hard day watching. Uncle Leo's hand was killing him with arthritis but he loves being here and enjoying everyone.
Now! Work is done, food is eaten, lets play games! This is my kind of family!!
The mound in front of mom and pops house has been beautiful over the years but the plants have gotten overgrown and old. They built their house in 1968 so the plants are about 40 years old. (40 is pretty old isn't it Jamie?) Anyway Mom and I decided to make a much needed change. (With Dave and Pops help of course)
This has been a fun place to watch the birds and squirrels and we didn't want to change that!
Dave and Pops hooked on to the old Junipers with the hitch of the little truck and pulled them out. They came out quite easily.
We kept all the rhododendron and azaleas but pruned them then added a few other plants. Mom had a good friend Barbara who died this past year whose husband gave mom their water fountains. Her husband said he knew Barbara would be so glad to have Mom have them. We love them and were excited to put them in.
The birds love it too! The picture doesn't do it justice. It will be even prettier when we can have our summer flowers added to it. It has been a fun project. It is still a work in progress but it is making this quite a showplace. We will add more pictures later as it gets better.
Well....What do you think?
Mom and I were going through the pictures that Dave took and decided to add a few fun pictures.
