6.27.2016

It's been a whirlwind of a weekend going to NYC for Kyle & Julia's wedding!  Here's a picture of the happy couple with their parents...

Ryan and his family were there so we got to see the cutest grandkids ever!

We really enjoyed spending time with Kyle & Julia and meeting her family and their friends.  We're so happy to have Julia officially in our family!

But NYC is quite different from our upstate NY life!  We got back Sunday afternoon and Jim was anxious to get to Angel to make sure all was well.  Since we were heading to church later in the afternoon there wasn't much time, but Jim used the time to get the grass cut and do some trimming.

We were so thankful that Jim had no kidney stone issues while we were gone, but he must have strained his wrist helping Kyle move a giant grill down 4 flights of stairs on Saturday for the party!  It was pretty sore yesterday but he wrapped it with an Ace bandage and some duct tape to help keep it dry and he was good to go today!  He said that his body doesn't hurt when he can work - ha!

Unfortunately, we were so anxious to get started on more brickwork and the weather didn't really cooperate.  Jim got the brick all uncovered and we were so thrilled with the way it looks.  It's hard to pick out mortar colors from a chart but the color looks absolutely perfect with the bricks. 

He got the hurricane ties on the next course ready to go and the string all set up.

We had used up our pile of sand, so Jim took the Bobcat down and got a few more scoops.  Unfortunately, this has been sitting out so long that we will need to use the screen to get out any vegetation.

 

Unfortunately, just when things were ready, it started to rain.  The forecast looked iffy all day and into tomorrow, so Jim decided to run a few errands.  He needed a few supplies at Lowe's as well as getting more bags of color for the mortar.

 

Once he got back, the forecast still called for rain - but it never materialized.  However, it's just way too risky to try and force making a batch of mortar.  Instead, Jim decided to work on electric work.  He got lots more work done on wiring up the lights in the workshop.  He also worked on grading at the end of the day since the ground was soft.

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