It's the count down to our big summer party. It's been a few years since we have had a party out here so we have been working extra hard getting everything looking good. Last week we had a few workers over cleaning up the landscaping. Today it was all about helping Caleb with a concrete countertop for our outside bar.
Here is the mold that Caleb designed for the counter which will sit on top of two wine barrels.
This is the first time I've watched and helped Caleb do a countertop. It really is a science. Everything has to be weighed to the exact amount to get the texture and color to be just right.
He had us all working hard, shoveling, scooping, scraping and all that other stuff that comes with concrete.
Well, we all were working hard except for Tess. Concrete is kind of boring for dogs.... doesn't smell good, doesn't taste good and most important you can't chase it.
Colton manning the switch on the concrete mixer.
Here is one half of the bar top... it's the white wine side.
Caleb measuring the color for the red wine side. I think that my hands will forever be stained this color.
With the left over concrete the boys made a "sidewalk". You can tell by this picture that they have seen many sidewalks poured before. Caleb always said that he would have his boys finishing concrete by time they started school.
Tomorrow we will see how the countertop turned out.
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