It's Up!

Friday was a busy day, but the basics of the play set got together. What didn't get done Friday, Rich finished Saturday, except for the canopy. The canopy will be added when the wind dies down enough for it to be safe to put on. (I'll take another picture then, so everyone can see it totally finished.)

Rich took about an hour on Friday to take all the pieces from the bundles and lay them out in numerical order. He took a break for a while to start planting the garden. I was babysitting Rich's buddy's little guy (the 5 month old) while the buddy, Dave, was working. Dave stopped back about 2:30 to help Rich put the play set together. (I still babysat until Dave's wife came, then she stayed for a while too.)

All in all, the play set went together really well. We came in about 9:30 Friday night, but Rich had finished a while before that. (Yeah-we were playing!) There were a few setbacks as you'll see in the little slide show, but if the guys could have worked nonstop, it would have been together quite quickly.

This was my first time making a slide show like this. It's a little over 4 minutes and there is actually music! (Just the sample music that came on the computer. Maybe I'll try a little harder finding some different music the next time.)


Isn't the play set great?! We're extremely happy with everything about it!

• The instructions that came with it were really easy to follow. There was even a check off list that Rich made sure to go through before starting.
• It is made of wood that we never have to stain. Plus it is a beautiful color!
• The chains are coated so the kids' fingers don't get pinched.
• The slide and swings are just awesome! You can't help but smile when you get to the bottom of the slide and I don't think I've ever sat in more comfortable swings.
• Rich loved being able to put the rock wall together the way he wanted to. (He made one side the easy side and the other side the hard side.)
• The kids just love everything. They would stay out there all day if they could! :-)

I can't thank Dad Blogs and Kid's Creations enough for this amazing prize! It is truly a wonderful play set that I know my kids are safe on and it will probably last long enough for my grand kids to play on. If you are interested in a quality swing set, definitely check out Kid's Creations. You won't be disappointed! :-)

I wanted to thank Dad Blogs again for the camera as well. Without it, I wouldn't have gotten such great pictures of putting the play set together and of the kids playing! (I'm seriously in love with the new camera! LOL!)

It's Here!

The play set is here!

Bear was even excited to see it!

A super nice delivery guy from ABF Freight came at 10:45 this morning and unloaded the 1100 lbs of play set all by himself. I would have helped, but I think someone would have ended up hurt. (Most likely me! LOL!) He had it all under control with his lift and hand truck, but I sure felt bad for him because it was HEAVY!

As you can see, there is still the big job of putting it together. I'll post another update when we get to that. I'm hoping we have the chance this weekend, because Morgan is REALLY excited about her new play set! :-)

Thanks again to Dad Blogs and Kid's Creations for this AWESOME play set!

A Dream Swing Set

We were fortunate to be given an old swing set a couple years ago for our kids to play on. It was our neighbors' daughter's swing set that she had outgrown and they were just going to toss it if we didn't want it. It works for us for now, but it isn't exactly what I had dreamed of as a swing set for the kids...with it being kind of rusty...and maybe not the safest.


Now this is the type of swing set that I dream to have for my kids! Not only does it look safe and rust free, but it has everything! In addition to the swings, it has a slide, a climbing wall, a deck and a whole lot more! Morgan and Blake would have a blast with this! The really neat thing is, I could actually win this Kid's Creations swing set for them over at Dad Blogs along with a Canon PowerShot SD1100 Digital Elph camera to take pictures of them enjoying it! :-) So can you! (If I don't win of course-LOL!) Just head on over to Dad Blogs and check out the rules!