I've heard that "the family who plays together stays together," and "the family who prays together stays together." I like to think that "the family who works together stays together."
For the second time in a year, my fabulous cousins and brother have showed up to help me lay sod. The first time was last September to do the backyard.
This past Saturday, most all of them showed up again and helped lay sod in my front yard. This time it was only 2 1/2 pallets so it went fairly quickly. My brother and I had prepped the lawn the weekend before. The morning of we moved five sprinkler heads. One head I knew had problems because the water would puddle when that line was turned on. We thought we had solved the problem. Unfortunately, no. There was a geyser back at the original location, indicating a leak in the main line. The sod was to arrive in 15 minutes. I left the checkbook with my brother to pay for the sod and I headed to Sprinkler World to get supplies. I was hoping that the customer service was better than when we were there the day before. It was only marginally better, but was faster than going to Lowes or Home Depot.
I arrived back just as the sod was being unloaded and all the help was arriving. We started laying sod while my brother fixed the main line. It didn't take long with that many hands. They were more than half-way finished and I headed off to Kneaders to get sandwiches for lunch. When I came back I was pleasantly surprised that my calculations for sod were right on and I didn't have any left over (unlike in September).
Of course we play and eat together a lot too. And we truly enjoy being together.
Love these guys!
Family is the best!
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