That wall... part 4 The changing of texture

It is snowing outside...

and as much as I just want to stay out of doors.. 

lunch needs to be made

and

I need to work on 

THAT wall

with C.S.

but while waiting for him to set up the saw

and 

nail gun

I can't help but step onto the front porch 

to snap one photo of the beautiful view 

now we've taught our 15 year old lad the safety techniques to using most of our power tools

but I prefer to supervise my

"apprentice"

in all such projects that require "POWER" tools

here he is cutting some of those sanded pallets

I rather like the look of the nails in the ends of the boards

so as long as they aren't split REAL badly

I prefer to leave them in 

measuring and cutting make this feel like we are creating our own jigsaw puzzle

out of recycled 

or up-cycled pallet boards!  

It is SO fun!

we make sure to level each row 

C.S. is getting very handy with the nail gun 

I like that he is taking time to notice details...

like edges that fray

will give splinters later,

details matter so much

and teaching THAT to our kids is one thing

but seeing them GET it,

and OWN it

and NOT need me to nag them to notice

is like a HUG from the Lord :)

fantastic! 

and then the reminder that..

he's fallible

as I look at the wall.

because THAT is all the boards they cut

sanded and prepared for me..

oh..

silly boyz

(giggling)

nice beginning

now to finish and PAINT it all!

so far.. so good