Saturday, July 26, 2008

Coalville Trip

So in Coalville today, the Richins men had a little project to tackle for Kathi. They had to pull up all the large bushes and dead trees in the backyard. I know most of you have never seen the backyard, but it is a good size yard and practically the perimeter of the thing had large, overgrown bushes.
They manged to get all the bushes out and some hauled to the dump.
And Albert was the lucky one to get in the bucket of the backhoe in order to get high enough to cut the top of the dead tree off. No phone lines were hurt in the process. But one ice cream bar was sacrificed. (That one's for you Rebecca)
Dallin and Mom did get to ride in the backhoe while Dad drove. It was a first for Mom and Dallin. It was a bit of a refresher for Dad. It's been a while for him.

Now for the project Kathi and I tackled. I made a shirt for Dallin. Kathi had to do a little bit of sewing for me, but I did 95% of the work myself. And if anyone asks, Mandie only cut out the interface and nothing else. (I told you I would let everyone know Mandie)

It's a little big on him and it doesn't have buttons yet because we ran out of time, but I was quite proud of myself. What do you all think? It was hard but I enjoyed it still. I don't know if I could do it without Kathi sitting next to me. She did have to admit that a collared shirt was a bit difficult for a first project.

Now Dallin's project. He had a blast playing Wesley's piano. Can we say future musician?




UPDATE: This just in. Albert found the missing ice cream bar shortly after it was lost. He was able to eat it before it melted. Way to go Albert!

2 comments:

April said...

You're quite the seamstress Nicole! Just another one of your hidden talents. It also appears Dallin has some hidden talents. You guys are going to need to get him a piano for his birthday.

5dollarFanatic said...

i am very impressed-shirt sleeves for children's clothes are always my downfall-Way to Go!!