Repaired Videos and Cousin Labor

First, the videos on the blog were SUPER sized, so if you felt like they were cut off on the sides, they were. It wasn't bad filming, just bad uploading. They are fixed now and you can actually see the whole scene now.

Second, suddenly it's Monday. We had weekend guests on Saturday and Sunday, cousins Ryan and Skylar came to stay while their parents went to Sonoma for a long (and overdue) getaway weekend. Saturday we watched Skylar dash around and win a great soccer game then celebrated her 10th birthday a week early.

On Sunday we put the kids to work. A bit to our surprise they were really excited to work. The treetop house (aka playhouse) in the backyard needed to be moved and be re-leveled.  To do that we needed to take most of it apart so it would be light enough for us to move. Travis needed some new wrenches so we all headed off to the hardware store where Skylar was super interested in the tool aisle. Hmmm, maybe we should have gotten her some tools instead of books for her birthday?!

Everyone donned gloves and we had the house taken apart in no time. After lunch Travis did some of the solo work while we had a little rest, then he and I shifted the house, and our hearty crew jumped right back in. What great helpers they were! All three kids got really good with wrenches and the two big kids even got turns with the drill.  Ryan and Skylar, you guys can come help out at our house anytime :)