We're Fenced In....Finally

Hey Folks! I'm very happy to share that we're finally all fenced in. Daddy & Brad worked for several days (inbetween rain and cold weather days) and we have a really lovely fence to show for it.
We moved in a year ago today, and for a year we've been looking at this. Which wasn't so bad at the very beginning because the neighbors didn't have a pool at first, and their poor trampoline hadn't yet been demolished by the wind. Their pool doesn't have a privacy fence around it, and I always felt wierd being in my back yard or on our back deck while they were swimming. It was like I was eavesdropping or something. So, as you can see we just needed a little more privacy.

I'm all about doing before, during, and after pictorials....and I just happen to have lots of pictures of the fence building. Just think of it as an episode from HGTV. Don't we all just love HGTV.

Here is the fence before it was built.....minus the nails. Oh, and minus the quickrete, and all the other stuff we had to go back and get.

Don't let the guys fool you, they had lots of mechanical help digging all the holes.

However, I think Brad gets extra points because for some reason He was the one that was "elected" to dangle from the chain WHILE the auger was digging to provide more weight. This picture was taken during the dig of the first hole. Most of the time, daddy was at the wheel of the tractor (smart, smart man). Later, they decided to hoist a wheelbarrow full of quickrete to provide the needed extra weight; which was Brad's idea (smart, smart man).

Here, Bryce is getting in on the action. He is helping to level the post.

Bryce also used his dump truck to get rid of all the empty backs of quickrete. And, after GDaddy sawed the top of the fence to make the arch, Bryce & Sara Kate picked up the sawed off fence tops and put them in the wheelbarrow. I know GDaddy & Brad were thankful to have such great helpers.

Here are a few pictures of the finished fence. I think it looks great. And, we are so happy to have it. I think Gigi is just about as happy as the rest of us, because now she can go out and roam the back yard a little own her own. The first picture is from the outside. The next picture is from the inside. The sun was interfering with my photography, which is why the first one is kind of dark.

The next project is to build the kids some kind of playhouse. The idea was to use the existing corner of the fence, but I think GDaddy is going to do his usual "go above and beyond" with his design. So stay tuned, it'll be interesting to see what he comes up with. Never fear, it will be thoroughly documented.