Pergola

Last weekend we built a pergola! When I say "we" I mean Matt built it and I stood around and acted like I was helping, until I got bored and just went inside.

It all started with an idea. We have a grape vine in the backyard that needs a place to grow on. So Scotty gave us the idea of building a pergola to let the grapes grow on.

And when I get an idea planted in my head, I want it to happen now. But neither of us know the first thing about building a pergola.  And when Matt doesn't know how to build something he leaves it up to me to figure out. So that idea got canned until  I could convince Matt that he could figure it out on his own.

I knew we were meant to build a pergola when the first time I  looked on KSL at garage sales in Payson one of them was selling  pergola wood. It must have been my inner thrifty intuition! I probably inherited that from my G-ma Smith. She is awesome at finding sweet deals at yard sales!

So we bought the pergola wood, along with the screws and bolts and everything for a huge price tag of $7. Score!

 

And I can't write a post about the backyard without including a cute picture of Shaiya.  She loves to sit on us while we swing in the swing. She usually just ends up rooting around and rubbing her butt on us until we push her off.