I contemplated a new set, but didn't want to pay $1000 for a nice one, so I got on KSL.com over a month ago and started watching. There were a ton of good, cheap sets that came on every day. The problem is a ton of other people had the same idea. I've missed out on so many sets because I didn't call within the first 5 minutes a set was listed. It was very frustrating. I finally posted an ad that I was looking for a set and if someone would call me before they posted it, I would come pick it up. In between conference sessions on Saturday I got a call from a guy in Woods Cross asking if I was interested in his swing set. He texted me a picture told me his price (which was a steal) and we headed up there.
It took two hours to disassemble. We dropped the kids off at my parents house so they weren't a distraction :)
I love this picture. It looks like a used wood yard sale. It's crazy how many pieces we had. Luckily we didn't have to put it together from scratch (I'm glad we didn't go with a new one for that reason).
By the time we got back home to start setting it up it was about 6:00 p.m. The kids were so excited they could hardly stand it. This picture was at about 25% of the reassembly. It only took about 2 hours to reassemble. I was expecting longer.
This is the finished product. I LOVE it. The kids are thrilled. They spent all morning moving stuffed animals, toys, and pictures out. We spent all afternoon making them move it all back in! :) The next step is staining it. I don't know if I can keep them off of it long enough to do that! This was another lesson in patience, but it really paid off.
I have 4 very happy kids and one very sore and tired husband-who I owe big time for all the labor in my brainstorm. Love ya!
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