The Stroud Family: Another successful weekend!!!!

Well another weekend has come and gone. My tired, sore body is very happy that today is Monday and I'm sitting at a computer instead of hauling rocks. Speaking of those rocks....they are seriously never ending! I have never in my life seen so many. I think I'd be happy if I never saw one again. Saturday morning we had almost all of the rocks moved...or so we thought! I can't even count the number of trips we made moving rocks on Saturday and Sunday. It's not a surprise that my back is killing me today as well as my arms and my legs. Needless to say, we are almost done with the rocks now. Whitney and I spotted a few more that had settled into the ground around a few of the planting areas. So once we get those moved it'll be up to Pam to finish coming from Dawsonville to pick them up. I think we might have to celebrate the day the last rock is hauled off!
Other than hauling rocks, we accomplished a lot this weekend! Friday night we didn't take on too much. Branson was over and our friend Sam came by on his way home from golfing. The guys decided to go ahead and clean up Kenny's workshop. They did a great job and it is so clean and organized now. I know Kenny is really happy to have it all setup. Saturday we had Uncle Barry come out to work on more of the plumbing issues. I haven't really gone into detail about that...but let's just put it this way, if there could be a leak...there is a leak. Every time we fix one problem, three more happen. It's been interesting and we are so grateful to have Uncle Barry to fix it all. Ronny came out and continued his work on finishing the sheetrock. Dad, Kenny and Branson started working on the coffered ceiling in the den. It is not 100% finished, but it already looks amazing! While they were all working on these things, I began cutting back the crepe myrtles in the side yard. That afternoon, Ricky, Michele and Piper came out to see the house and also helped me out in the yard. Ricky cut a few of the crepe myrtles I didn't get to and Michele shaped up some other bushes near the pool. After lunch we went to the front yard and they helped haul some of the rocks. Even sweet little Piper helped pick ones up that she could. The guys moved from the den ceiling to taking out the windows in the master bath. We got the one wall closed back up and on the other wall we were able to re-use the bottom part of the window and just move it up. Sam came back again on Saturday (after playing golf again) and helped out for a bit. Sunday we worked in the morning after Audrey hunted her Easter eggs and only worked until about 1 so we could go down and enjoy a wonderful meal at mom's. After we ate, we were able to show the house to the Meltons and Daphne. Then we began working again. Nanette brought her work clothes and she joined mom, Whitney and I in the yard cutting back bushes and you guessed it...moving rocks. Dad and Kenny were able to get the judges paneling up in the dining room. It looks so good! I can't wait to see them caulked and painted. It really adds something to that room.
As you can see, it was another very productive weekend. We really appreciate all the help we had again this weekend. It really really means so much to us that we have family and friends that love us so much. I'll leave you all with some pictures from this weekend.

Bathroom prior to closing: