We are ready to play!

So, I really wanted a swingset for the kids. We've been home a lot lately, and while we have a swing in the basement which the kids have really enjoyed, the weather has been getting warmer and warmer and the kids have been so ready to head outside!


Because we didn't have anything in OUR backyard, the kids had to go over to the neighbors which many a time left me searching for them and it obviously concerned me that I couldn't watch them. Plus, I felt guilty asking other parents to allow them to play at their house and supervise as well.


Going online I started looking for a used swingset that someone wanted to get rid of, to no avail. Plus, when it's just me and the kids, you are trying to figure out how to get a truck, break the swingset down, and haul it here and put it back together. Buying a new swingset eliminated the breaking down and often times offered free shipping to our house - but the money it required was just not in our budget right now.


Rachel is one of my 8th grade girls from my small group at church that I lead and her father, Steve, does construction. Last week I asked Steve if he would be willing to bring his truck over to our old house on Flint and help us break down the swingset and help me get it to our house and set it up. He agreed to help us!




We are SO blessed....


Steve, Jennifer, Hannah, Caleb and Rachel met us at the old house after church on Sunday to break down and load up the kids' swingset and sandbox. Steve made TWO trips to get it all here and then they stayed to put it together!



Here are Cara and Collin anxiously awaiting a slide or swing!




Cara took some pictures of the process. Caleb knotting the ropes back to the ladder - Hannah testing the strength of the bar! Mommy watching...so helpfully! (;



Putting the screws in place!



Rachel struggled with one of those buttons for quite a while - but we finally got the top in place!

They stayed to push the kids on the swings for a while before heading back home. We are so blessed to have an entire family in our life that is willing to help us with challenges we can't do on our own! Thank you so much Parkers! My sanity will be saved by being able to send the kids outside without them having to go to a neighbor's house to swing, and the kids are so happy they get to have friends over to play on their swingset!! And it was all free!