surrounded by angels

the highest of distinctions is service to others. ~ king george VI
this past saturday my family and friends spent a day in the driving rain serving gram and me. and to quote the words of another king - king benjamin - while they were serving us they were also serving their God. i am lucky to be surrounded by such angels.

please excuse the blurry photos...it was really raining hard! on this day weed barrier was laid on my back berm and front lower planter area, tons, literally tons of bark was laid. the garden was tilled, the weeds were pulled and pavers were installed under the back deck allowing for a very nice storage area. many of us had to change clothes three times and those who didn't have extra clothes just stayed wet or tried drying and warming themselves in front of the fire. lunch was eaten standing up outside because everyone was too dirty and wouldn't stop. probably for fear that if they did their bodies would rebel and not allow them to go out again. when dinner time arrived the parkers / murdocks brought excellent eats. we did take time out to sing happy birthday to our wonderful 3 year old buddy parker, ate cake out of a dump truck, very appropriate thank you parker, and then headed back outside. when we were done messing in my yard there was still bark to be moved, so tired as they were, christer, jordon, nate, reed, george, dave, cori and i laid bark at the connors. while johnny and cinny worked on my garden and much to every one's pleasure it finally got too dark to continue working.

thanks gardners, connors, connors, mullens, merrills, hansens, hansens, baileys, harpers and anyone and everyone else who helped out. you are indeed the very best!