Thursday, January 22, 2009

Too Much Fun

What a project! This playplace took a lot of man hours to complete...... but Grandpa faithfully showed up to our house every mid morning to bust it out.

John, Adam, Caleb, Jonny, and Anna helped out as much as they could too!


Seeeeee........ Dennis is wearing his glasses more, especially for a job like this.

It was not all work....just mostly.
Caleb thought it was funny to pretend that he was his own dentist.
Drumroll please......

TA-DAH!!!!!!!!!!

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Dennis making his rounds.
First stop was sharing an ice cube with sister Rachel.

Next stop was some snuggling with sister Julia.


Next was some kissing with sister Anna.


Last was a ride from brother Andrew.


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All of my kids just love their Uncle/Cousin Matt. Since Matt is my age, and is like a brother to me, I am trying to transition the kids into just calling him Uncle instead of Cousin. Him and his wife are looking to move up here to where we live, and I would really appreciate if you could pray for them to find jobs and the perfect home---- which will be their first!

36 comments:

Jason & Melanie said...

Wow...congrats on your new play equipment!! Please tell Grandpa that I want to be next in line, haha! Love the pics of the kids snuggling!
Melanie

Mike and Christie said...

What a great set! Did you have it delivered or did you have to pick it up from where you purchased it? I remember it was either on sale or used..... ??

Mike and Christie said...

BTW- I just love seeing pictures of Rachael and Dennis. She is a natural mommy, ALREADY sharing ice! LOL
(I love seeing pics of all your kids) :)

Jillene said...

The play equipment looks GREAT!! We really need to get something like that. We have a trampoline but it's not enough apparently!!

MamaPoRuski said...

We built ours too from plans we bought on line...yours however is a FORT! We couldn't get the kids off of it while constructing, once it was done they didn't play with it for days...I am sure that won't happen at your house!
Love the pics!

Are You Serious! said...

♥ Great playset! That would be great to have more family close by. I miss that! :)

Amanda said...

That looks like a lot of work! Our play set was already up when we moved to our house. You have a great blog!

Amanda

Cheffie-Mom said...

What a great playset! Fun!Fun!

You have a wonderful blog. I look forward to blogging with you. Thank you for stopping by and saying hello.

Jarka said...

oh ...the play place looks wonderful! - like real playground! it´s absolutely amazing!!! I´m sure kids couldn´t wait to have it all built up! ...you will be having so much fun now!!! :)

Chris said...

Grandpas are the BEST!! The play structure looks awesome! And I also want to add that Dennis is getting so big!

Tina in CT said...

Great playscape for the kids! I'm sure it's been played with whenever the kids are home and that the two little ones get it all to themselves during the day. Everyone did a great job.

Corinne said...

Oh,I know all about how big of a project a playplace is! The trampoline was a lot simplier but,keeping kids busy and letting them get exercise is important! Glad it is done.

Mari said...

The playset looks great! There will be hours spent out there!

Kelli said...

the kids are going to get alot of use out of that play set. Your going to have more than 11 kids in your yard now. hehe

i love jesus said...

that is a reall cool play set!!!!! i wish i could play on it!! :)

Jack-a-roo's Mom said...

Cool playset. Looks like tons of fun. I miss our old playset. Thanks for the sweet comments on my blog recently.

Stacey G. said...

The playset is soooo nice. If I may ask where you got it from and what you paid.. I have been looking into them and they are way to expensive. Please if you can guide us. Thanks...

A Life Full of Love said...

Awesome. Grandpa was so sweet to come over and work on it. That playset looks great!

Missy said...

what a cool playset! We actually have one waiting to be assembled spewed all over our back porch and yard. We are hoping to start putting it together this weekend, if the weather cooperates - but what a job! Yours looks great!

Lisa said...

The play set looks fantastic, I know it will provide many years of enjoyment to the kids.
Praying over the Uncle choice I will leave it in God's hands.

My Three Sons said...

Carson will be so jealous to see that awesome playset. I'm glad you all got to spend some nice time together putting it up.

julie said...

Great play place. I am impressed you put it together yourself. We didn't have a grandpa to help so we hired someone to assemble ours. It really was a lot of work. You are very blessed to have a special grandpa that would help out like that.

Matt + Jenn said...

Wow! That got put together fast. Good job. I'm sure the kids will all love it. Even when it was half built they were going nuts.

Cousin....Uncle, whichever (uncle would be nicer since it establishes a chain of authority and respect), isn't too terribly important.

What matters is that Jen and I absolutely adore the entire family as though they were our own. Wanting to be able to see them on a much more regular basis is a large part of the reason we want to move up there. As it is now, the visits are far too few and short. I always cherish my visits and getting to watch them grow. Yeah, I always leave tired from being chased, beat up, and climbed on, but I would not have it any other way. Jen and I are working hard to get our plans in order. But we can use all the encouragement and prayers we can get. I know this blog is all about the kids, but a little encouragement would go a long way at boosting our spirits.

Love you all!

Matt + Jen
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(that's 13 hearts. One for each of you)

Amy said...

We have a play fort similar to that.. it's still going strong and we bought it 13 years ago! Never even had to replace a board. THe kids love it.

I like Dennis' eye patch.. he looks very piratish!

Mummy McTavish said...

That is brilliant! did you think it would take so long to set up? I was surprised at the amount of work it needed. I thought some would be pre-assembled panels.

Shea said...

I bet the kids are thrilled to have the place place finished. I have a question for you, I hope you do not mind me asking. What size shoes does a little boy wear when he wears size three clothes? I thought right of you when I was trying to think of someone who might know lol.

Karen said...

They are going to have so much fun playing on that!! Great pictures!

Blessings~

Amy said...

The playscape looks great!

Many prayers for jobs!

Be Blessed,

Amy (Honestly)

Alison said...

Okay...can I just say I LOVE the playset!! The kids are going to have so much fun!!

tammy said...

love the new play equipment!

Jen B. said...

YAY... the playhouse is finished!

Dennis is such a sweetie... I love that he has to make his rounds for some snuggles!

I'll be praying for your cousin & his wife... hopefully they'll find jobs & a house very soon!

The Texican said...

Dennis, what a great name. My mother named me that too. After I got older I realized it was Sinned spelled backwards. I must have been difficult from the beginning. Thanks for coming by and leaving comment on Pappy's Balderdash. I've not played the game, but it sounds interesting. I hope you found some things you liked there. Come back anytime. Pappy

mommaof4wife2r said...

what a playset! super fab...and hooray for grandparents!

TylerandBrianne said...

Ok Christine I have checked back several times today and am waiting to hear what you have to say about what Obama did today.

The Kaysers said...

We just got caught up on about a week's worth of your blog. The playset is awesome! Everyone will have so much fun out there on it! Have a great weekend and God bless!

PreSchoolMama said...

Great job on the playset it looks great.

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