Axtell Family Blog: Memorial Day

Had a busy Memorial Day weekend. It started with the usual (mowing the lawn), then followed the good stuff. We have a tetherball post in the backyard left over from the original owners of the house. For years now we have left it alone but the time has come to get rid of it. Gwen had somehow met up with the original owner of our house, who told her that the post was going to be hard to dig out. But how hard could it be? Well, Jeffrey and I found out. I dug and dug but never found the bottom of the concrete plug into which the metal post was embedded. After reaching around 4 feet deep, it was starting to move back and forth pretty good, but I still could not see the bottom. At that point it was clear that, even if I did eventually dig to the bottom, there was no way I could lift that amount of concrete out of the hole. Defeated, I bought myself a concrete chisel and smashed away the top two inches or so of the concrete, then just amputated the pole with a hacksaw, and covered the concrete with soil and grass seed. It was a sweaty morning for me but Jeffrey had fun playing in the dirt pile with his bulldozer.

From Memorial Day 2010

Other activities were more fun. We've had an old hammock from Cambridge in the garage for a while but never put it up -- the distance between the pine trees in the back is a little too far. So, I finally got a hammock stand and put it up in the back yard. Best purchase this year. Jeffrey loves it too.

From Memorial Day 2010

Meredith fell asleep in her stroller yesterday and Gwen wheeled her out and Gwen took a hammock nap. (Sorry I failed to get a picture of that one). We also went to a friend's house for a BBQ on Memorial. There were two other 3 year old boys, and two other infants. It was a lot of fun and Jeffrey got to stay up way past his bedtime.

Other fun pix: Meredith, Dad, and the Cat