We worked so hard on Saturday.  We had planned ahead that this weekend would be our landscaping project weekend, so early Saturday morning (after I made a quick trip to the farmer’s market and Kelly’s Bakery) we borrowed a trailer and started hauling rocks.  We had an area that needed pea gravel, and we had another area where we had never finished putting river rock.  All of us worked hard, whether we were shoveling rock, raking dumped rock, carrying bricks, moving bricks, or whatever else needed to be done.  Isaac worked hard shoveling rock.  Luke was available for lots of little jobs when he wasn’t shoveling rock.  Laura took a turn shoveling, but then was pressed into service taking care of younger siblings and then later she made lunch for the whole family.  Amelia and Mike had fun helping smooth out the piles of rocks, sweeping up spilled rocks, carrying bricks, or anything else that they could find to do.

By the time we were done, we were all exhausted.  We made four trips to the rock/materials place, and we moved four tons of rock.

What a feeling of accomplishment as we look at our finished project!  And what a joy to think back to how well we all worked together and enjoyed one another’s company.