Post Birthday

I bought myself something different this year for my birthday:

Three hours of peace and quite.

It came in the form of this box, and kept my children silent for hours.



Oh my goodness, I just might me the smartest momma ever.



The were under strict instructions that this was MY toy, and any fighting would result in lack of brick building participation.

Then I sent Lily outside with Dallan, and enjoyed a very lovely evening pulling weeds and chillin' on the patio.

Which by the way is sportin' some lovely bistro chairs I just found at Costco. The table was a hand me down and so I was thrilled to find chairs that match.



They were twenty bucks a piece. A bit of a splurge for me, but we needed chairs so justification took over. I am thinking about getting cushions for them. Maybe. You have to consider the wind factor here that is well know for not only blowing cushions off a chair, but also completely dissembling said chair and placing it on top of you neighbors car.

I kid you not.

So here's the patio as of last night.



Have I ever blogged about building the patio?

Goodness, I hope not.

Here's a summary:

We built a patio out of bricks and our backs hurts for months afterward.

The end.

Okay, I will share one tidbit. The bricks are surplus pavers that we purchased from Lehi Block. Basically end pieces that get dumped in a big pile and you pick out the good ones. We paid a nickel a piece, but know they have raised the price since then. Probably still cheap. The patio only cost a few hundred dollars to put in so it was worth the work. The biggest expense was renting a tool from Home Depot to cut the bricks on the sides and corners.

I should also mention my father in law was a huge help the day we laid the brick.

His back probably still hurts, but I don't know for certain as I am afraid to ask.

Anywho, I think if I figure the cost per brick, I paid waaaay more the the lego kind than the patio kind. Kind of funny how that works, don't cha ya think?