Vacation week pt. 1

Duane was on vacation all last week. It was a wonderful week. We worked on several projects around the house and also did some fun day trips. I realized that I had so much to "talk" about so I broke it up into more than one post.
(I figured that would make it easier on Nana!)

Duane made me a baby gate to keep my little climber off the staircase.

(I still need to paint it. It hangs on hinges and the latch is on the opposite side so she can't open it.)

He also fixed my leaky garbage disposal. I have also been wanting to do something in my hallway so I could display LOTS of pictures. We brainstormed and decided to go with a covered cork board. We bought a huge piece of insulation and covered it with burlap. Duane then framed it up for me. I call it my "wall of fame". I can have tons of pictures up now.

(This is about 5 ft. x 3 ft.)

We've been needing to replace several windows and already had the replacement windows in the shed, but never seemed to find the time to get it done. The boys window got broke a couple of weeks ago so we finally had to make the time to get it replaced. The boys were big helpers and worked with Daddy.

(We will hopefully get the trim and shutters back up in the next weekend or so)

Shannen has also been doing some projects for me. I had an old bench that I really wanted painted so Shannen started working on that. A new coat of paint and some new cushions and it will be just like new.

In addition to these projects Duane also helped with some smaller things like helping me hang some picture frames, (he's a perfectionist and pulls out the tape measure and level where I just start tacking in nails until it "looks" straight) and he also put chicken wire around my garden. Between the chickens that constantly seem to escape from their coop, the dogs, and boys playing ball, my poor garden has been taking a beating.

I'm already making my list of projects for his next vacation in August!!!