Driveway Day Part 2

Today was slated for Driveway Delivery part 2, and due to the LOVELY weather, everybody else wanted to lay concrete, too. We were not able to use LC Ready Mix again this weekend, but Elmer's was more than happy to come to the rescue. The trucks showed up at 10 this morning and things went along quickly. Ken's crew of helpers worked while I took the kids to their soccer games. When we returned, the concrete was in. I made a quick study of edging, and took care of that task while Ken and his dad finished up brushwork. The kids of course got to put their hands in the mix as well.

A Hard Day's Work, or Getting Things Set in Stone, or Driveway Delivery

We've been watching the weather forecasts obsessively this week, making phone calls to line up help, hoping it would be dry enough to pour concrete on part of the driveway. At 6:45 am the call verified that we would go ahead and try to get it in today. They said the trucks would be here at 8:30 AM as planned. At 8:17, the first truck rumbled into our driveway! Needless to say we were not expecting early birds, but thankfully our helpful friends arrived in the nick of time and got right to work.

The kids loved the whole event. They sat spellbound in front of the window watching for quite a while, and in true form, asked many questions of me while we did. The continued asking lots of concrete questions while we drove to their soccer games. They are awaiting the day that they can ride bikes on it (although I am sure they will not be so excited about the first skinned knee that the driveway delivers).













Two trucks, much hard work, and several hours later, we have phase 1 of the driveway complete. It was looking very nice tonight as Ken and I pulled plastic over it.

Ground Breaking Day

Our hope is to soon lay concrete on the bulk of our driveway, so needless to say there is a bit of prep work that we (aka Ken) have to do. Today was the first full day of hard labor on the project. Ken borrowed Ray's tractor and scraped out LOTS of dirt. We now have piles that rival the mid-winter snowbanks, and the kids are treating them as such.