Gilligan comes to GATE
Every the GATE program does an independent research project that they call "Night at the Musuem." Austin decided to research Bob Denver this year. I guess that buying all three seasons of Gilligan's Island for Christmas last year really paid off!
Cheap Slave Labor
One of our big projects this fall was fixing our back patio. The retaining wall had started to lean, and the cement had severely sunk. This has been a problem for a few years, but we were not brave enough to tackle it until a friend (with really big dirt loading equipment!!!!) offered to help. We were very grateful. So we dug up the whole thing and secured the retaining wall to the house foundation.
We began to do some terrace landscaping. We are going to try to finish up the project in the spring with a new deck and more landscaping work.
We then built a small retaining wall and repacked the dirt. It was a lot of work. We all did a lot of shovelling.
We began to do some terrace landscaping. We are going to try to finish up the project in the spring with a new deck and more landscaping work.
We also seized the opportunity to do some work on our driveway. We heard lots of wisecracks about slave labor from the boys, but they were awesome workers! We really appreciated all of their help.
Labor Day Weekend Exploits
On Saturday, we went to Lava Hot Springs.
The boys really enjoyed the big tube slides!
On Monday, we hiked to (the famous if you know Nathan's album) Aldous Lake to do a little fishing. It was a beautiful day.
We were excited to see that the raft was still there. This is the raft that Nathan's and Cameron's priests quorum had made on a camping trip there the year before.
The other amazing phenomenon were the frogs that were everywhere. It was like the ground was literally moving at times. They were little, black, slimy things.
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