Mark Toiling Some More

Okay, so I didn't get a good before shot. He was working like lighting! Again, these neighbors are actually very nice.

It just goes on and on. Our backyard is long and skinny. It is the perfect size and shape for a bowling lane. I would lie and say it is really actually spacious, but it only seems that way when you are mowing or putting up let's say...a fence.

This is Mark working away. Here is our picnic table that we stained blue for a more antique look than paint. It wound up being a little thicker than we wanted because we had some little helping hands from bubbers-thanks! The umbrella came with the house and in a few years time we can replace the stand that bolts it to the deck.Oh and those are my Mother's Day flowers from Ed and Maya.

So Mark put up a nice 200 foot fence for me for.. mother's day? Just because? Oh yeah, because we really needed one. The girls love going on the tire swing but things just needed to be a bit more..uh.. supervised. Ed was running up and down the path, there were kids going in all directions and like I was supposed to be the one to keep track of them all? Since becoming home-owners we have been doing things to the house. We realized fairly early on that we did not have the funds or the savvy to to anything too drastic to the house. We learned when we renovated the Provo house that moving and changing a bunch of stuff quick does not pay off. We decided to focus on what we could do for the least amount possible to tide us over. We are doing things that we consider to be "have-tos" just to make things a little more bearable and a smidgen more our own. Unfortunately the fence came under this category. Mad Mark finished it seriously in like 3 days. Luckily he had MacMike here to help him dig half of the holes for the posts. I think Mark learned early on that I was really of no assistance in carrying anything over 5 pounds so he lifted all 22 fence pieces and carried them across the yard 22 times by himself. His arms are jelly. His arms and legs are so covered in biting fly bites they started biting him on top of his existing bites because there wasn't a spare piece of flesh available. His hands are raw. His face is covered in scruff. He is mad. I don't know why he went so nuts but he did and the fence is great. It was worth it to sit behind the fence and here comments like, "holy ^&() that wasn't there yesterday!" Giggles just thinking about it. To my credit, I did shovel some dirt around and ask him when he was going to be done. I think it really motivated him. You are so welcome Mark!