The Rocks

Matthew 7:24-25

"Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house upon the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock."

It seems that we have taken that verse literally!

Our house is built right on top of rock.

Lots and lots of rock.

We live in between two ridges of mountains and the result is lots of rock.

And our backyard is full of rocks that we knew we would have to mow around for the rest of our lives.

So, while the ground was still frozen (so we wouldn't rip up the rest of the yard) we had a friend come and dig up some of the rock. The plan was to just chip off the tops of all the rocks sticking up. No big deal right?
Hmmm....we started just before the first blizzard.....over a month ago....


And guess what we're still working on!

Thankfully we have a really useful helper! Ummmm....actually the really useful person isn't pictured here. The useful helper is named PopPop (aka. Dad, aka. Donn) and he's been working on our rocks for two days now.

Pretty much our whole back yard looks like this, except for a small spot around the swing set.

Lots of good time and back aches are ahead! But it will be worth it when it's all said and done. We won't have to mow around all these rocks for the next 30 years and that is something to get excited about. Well, you might not be excited...but I sure am. So that's the latest project at our house. I'm trying to decide what I should do next inside. The basement really, really needs paint. But that just seems like a daunting task, so I'm thinking about painting the dining room or half bath next. Keep you posted...