Jackhammer!

Isn't the tree beautiful! It is the one pretty thing in the backyard.

Poor Jack is stuck inside due to flying cement chips but he is staying glued to that window and he yells, "Good job Daddy" every few minutes.

I think Ava was worried about Jack so after a while she got him a chair and he still didn't move!

Ed has started ripping out the back patio and there is much excitement at our house! We still have no idea what we are replacing it with...deck? cobblestone? pavers? brick? cement? But there is plenty of work to do first so Ed's just starting with that while I decide. And yes, it is as cold and as miserable as it looks out there!