Concrete time!

My parents got to our house at 5:50am so Glenn could frame the area for concrete and get everything ready.

Before:

The area to fill was 8 inches deep and was going to take a lot of concrete, so my step-dad decided to back fill it after all.

Doug getting dirt from the side yard to back fill.

7am came and it was time to get the concrete. I'm sure our neighbors LOVED us!!

My mom posing. She was filling the wheele barrows as they emptied them.

Look! She's a heavy equipment operator now!

Thanks Ben and Joel for coming to help!! Especially that early in the morning.

Glenn smoothing the concrete.

What do you do with extra concrete?? You dig another hole and pour it in.

The wound of the day. My mom was stepping around the lava rocks you can see in the first picture and caught her calf on one. She didn't break the mirror either!

The finished product.
Doug's sock was full of blood when we were done. Ben and Joel were laughing at me because I put gloves on, as usual, to clean and wrap Doug's toe again. It's not the blood that bugs me, it's feet. Feet are gross. Well, they are! LOL

Thank you so much to my parents for taking their time and energy to come down and help us with concrete!!! We appreciate it so much!