Backyard work project

A few weekends ago we went to Utah to help Jenni and Ted with a little backyard project that they were doing. Their plans were to start and finish it up in 2 days. I think we showed up on day 3 and this is what we walked into.
Jenni was about dead from working so hard for 2 days without rest. The idea was to clear a little grass for a patio and while doing that replace the bad grass in the yard (crab grass area) with the grass that they were taking out from the patio area. Whoa! I thought as I walked into the back yard. I'm in for a sore back.

It's kinda like rearranging your furniture only you're doing it with your lawn. It seemed simple enough. All we had to do was move the lawn from one place to another.


These little rolls of sod seemed like they weighed between 25-50 lbs depending on how much grass Ted rolled into the little ball. I didn't mind the little ones, but the larger ones were KILLERS.
Not too bad I thought during this picture early on in the day. By nightfall my wrists and hands were sore from grabbing and lifting.

Tammy and Jenni making a plan on how to accomplish this great task. This looks like a good Elders Quorum project to me.
Tammy's thinking "what have I got myself into", and Jenni is thinking "finally someone to help us out" .
When we were done it looked like this. Not bad for a hard day's work.

In the evening we ended up at Maverick for ice cream. Did you know that they serve soft ice cream in cups? How much ice cream can you get into a small $2.00 cup. Well, the answer is to just watch Ted, he will show you how its done.

See what I mean. Don't you think he could have got a little more on there? Next it was my turn.
Not nearly as big as Ted's but still a little embarrassing to take to the cashier.

This might be a good white trash story, what do you think? We fed the four adults with 2 cups of ice cream. The kids got cones. Boy was this an awesome end to a hard day of work or what?