Concrete

So the biggest project for us this summer was our concrete. Boy was it crazy and expensive! We decided on a date to pour the concrete it was a Friday so all the guys who helped had to take the day off work and it was looking like it was going to be a nice day. Then we heard a storm was coming and was hoping we didn't see any of it. Then the pumper truck showed up and the clouds started closing in on us, so the pumper truck guy said if we wanted to call it off we could but we already had all the man power that took the day off from their jobs to help us we couldn't just call it off. We were nervous! So we decided to just try it. It was truly amazing to see the boom of the pumper truck go clear up and over the top of our house, I had never seen that done before, Marshall loved to watch and a couple of the other neighbor boys came to watch and I'm sure half the neighborhood wasn't too happy that we would block most of the road for a couple hours since we live right in the inlet to the neighborhood! So the cement truck showed up and started dumping into the pumper truck and it was on, but so was the rain. It was a full on down pour of rain when they started pouring the cement, and wet and cement usually does not end well, I was so scared. The guys were workin fast to get the stuff on the ground and in place but the rain kept dumping, the guys were getting SOAKED, everyone was nervous of the turnout another cement truck showed up and the Job went on, and so did the rain.

Finally once all the concrete was poured and all the trucks left so did the rain but the back patio wasn't lookin so hot all the water was just floating on top of the concrete it didn't look like it was going to come out of it but the guys got to work on it and it started to look alot better. Then the sun came out, the cement looked good and like it was going to be fine, a true sigh of relief and amazement! Concrete was worked quite a bit more and turned out great till.......of course someone HAD to step in it! It's not a good concrete job till someone steps in it! I don't remember who it was but I'm sure they got plenty of crap for doing it! 20 yards of concrete was poured that day and worth every penny of it! The guys did a great job. While it was drying Marshall was riding his bike and kept asking Kendall if he could ride on it yet and he kept saying "no, it's still too wet" but those words don't mean much to a curious 3 year old boy, needless to say he rode on it, but just enough to satisfy his urge, he rode in about a foot and right back out luckily it was dry enough that you can barely see the tire marks, but they are there! Kendall asked Marshall what happened to the cement and Marshall just said "I rode on it" too cute! The whole thing turned out beautifully!