Our New Swing Set

JR's boss Brent asked us if we were interested in his old swing set for FREE.  The only catch?  We had to take it down and haul it away ourselves.  JR had some help from our good neighbor Tom taking most of it apart.  After a couple of weekends, it was all laying in our yard.

JR took some time off from work over my birthday weekend and got started.  We organized all the loose parts and he went and bought replacement screws.  The swing set is about 5 or 6 years old so some of the screws were rusted and some of them just flat out broke when they were removed.  

There were a few challenges but for the most part it went together faster than we expected!  Thanks JR for all your hard work and sweat!!

Slide is ready!

Making progress.

Our neighbor Tom helping out.

JR finishing up.

Climbing the rock ladder...it's high!

Swinging for the first time!!!

Jack has his own swing too :)

We love our "new" swing set.  We plan on re-painting it when the weather gets cooler.