Built a Treehouse With My Boys This Summer
Started in June, finally finished last week. 12x12 platform about 12 feet up in the old oak. Used mostly reclaimed wood to keep costs down. My 7 and 9 year old helped with every st
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Started in June, finally finished last week. 12x12 platform about 12 feet up in the old oak. Used mostly reclaimed wood to keep costs down. My 7 and 9 year old helped with every st
Wife got a work thing and I said I could handle it. Took my 5 and 8 year old to a state park two hours away. Setup the tent myself, cooked hot dogs over the fire, told way too many
Ripped out the old railing and extended the deck by 8 feet. Took 3 weekends of busting my butt. My dad came over and helped on day two. Learned a ton from him about structure and b
14 hours on the smoker, woke up at 4am to start it. Bought a cheap meat thermometer online and watched like a hundred YouTube videos. The bark was perfect, the meat was tender, my
Took the family camping last weekend at a state park about 45 mins away. Weather report said clear skies all weekend. We get there Friday evening and by Saturday morning it's pouri
Spent last Saturday with my son building a treehouse in our backyard. Nothing fancy, just 2x4s, some rope, and a platform about 8 feet up. He was so excited picking out the wood at
Been wanting to try smoking a brisket for months. Finally have a day where the wife is taking the kids to her parents so I can really focus on it. Got a 14 lb brisket from my butch
Been wanting to smoke a brisket for months but kept psyching myself out. Finally did it last Saturday. Woke up at 5am, got the smoker going, and let it ride for 14 hours. Used a si
Started building a treehouse last weekend and we're making solid progress. Got the main platform framed out. My 8 year old drives the drill now (with supervision of course) and he'
Took the family camping and forgot the tent rain fly. Woke up at 3am in a downpour soaked. Had to pack up everything wet and head to a hotel. Not my finest moment as a dad. But you
Taking the family camping next month and trying to figure out meals. I usually just wing it and end up buying overpriced stuff at the camp store. This time thinking about prepping
So I had like 4 pallets sitting in my garage for months and finally decided to do something with them. My son kept bugging me about a treehouse so I figured why not. We spent Satur
Started sanding our deck last Saturday thinking it would take a day. Nope. Got about halfway through when I realized the old stain is thick and peeling in spots. Now I'm into day 3
Framing is done, dealing with some moisture issues I didn't expect. Pretty sure I'm going to owe my brother a steak dinner after he came over and told me I was doing the vapor barr
Been thinking about converting half my garage into a small workshop. Nothing crazy, just some basics to make small stuff. Cutting boards, maybe a toy box for the kids. Space isn't
Finally pulled the trigger on a used Dewalt to upgrade from my circular saw. Thing is massive and way more powerful than anything I've used. Watched like 10 youtube videos on safet
Brought snacks, took it slow, let them pick the trail at the ranger station. We found a creek, looked for frogs, sat at the top and ate sandwiches. Oldest said it was the coolest t
Spent last weekend building a 12x12 deck with my son watching youtube videos beforehand so he knew what to expect. Didn't think he'd actually contribute but he was drilling holes,
So we rented a cabin at a state park thinking it would be camping lite. Oldest gets carsick, middle one forgot his favorite stuffed animal 45 minutes in, youngest woke up at 5 AM a
Let the kids help make pizza dough from scratch. Middle child got it everywhere, youngest ate like half the flour. But when those pizzas came out of the oven and everyone devoured