When I was child, it seemed that whenever we had relatives visiting we would inevitably have some project going on. I remember laying down sod, doing decking and roofing with aunts, uncles and cousins. So, it’s only keeping with family tradition that within a couple of hours of landing we had Jean’s parents working on the shed. Fortunately, in their retirement my in-laws have taken up hard labour as hobby. They’ve also been following the building progress in detail so they were well prepared.
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| Father-in-law observes technique. Eye contact is important! |
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| The bottle window is coming together nicely. Unfortunately, I’m running short on blue bottles. A body can only take so much Bud Light Platinum. |
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| Father-in-law does some non-OSHA approved acrobatics on the scaffolding |
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| By the day’s end we knocked out the 13th course and a significant portion of the 14th. Thanks for the help May and Colin! Welcome to Texas! |
Friday evidently wasn’t grueling enough because the next day they volunteered with us in the Barton Creek Greenbelt for “It’s My Park Day.”
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| Jean and Colin trying to wrangle an invasive plant hiding underneath a fallen tree |
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| Success! |
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Good was to work off jet-lag! Luckily we had influence with the chain-gang boss.
And free T shirts!