Water+Sand+Chips+Rock+Portland=Concrete

As I said before, I have been helping Dad and Grandpa pour concrete in our basement. Yesterday we did the last section. One step closer to my room!! While we were working on pouring the concrete, my mom came down and took pictures. So I thought, "What a wonderful thing to share with all my blogosphere friends." Great idea, huh? So here you go, enjoy!!


Me measuring the cement into a bucket

Same as above

Dad dumping a load into the wheel barrow

Rachel putting water into the cement mixer

Rachel measuring chips, Jonathan sand

Me with a bag of cement. I have a strange expression in this picture. Maybe because the bag weighs 94 pounds.

About a fifth of the way done. (I am guessing here and my guesses are not always accurate)

Grandpa screeting (leveling)

We had an assembly line of sorts going, Rachel putting the water in the mixer and filling a bucket half full of chips (small rock, not the kind you eat. Just thought I would let ya'll know), Jonathan filling 2 buckets half full of sand (making it easier for Dad to dump it into the mixer), and me filling 2 buckets just over half full with rock (again, for ease of dumping) and one bucket 3/4 full of cement. Dad would dump it all in the mixer, then when it was mixed, dump it into the wheel barrow and push it into the garage, where Grandpa was leveling it all in. I helped level it at some points, but Grandpa did most of it. All the work went really well and we were done in just over two hours. And then we got donuts!! How cool is that?!? :) After it set for a few hours, Dad went over it with a trowel to give it a nice finish. I will get a picture of it all finished and the size of the area that we poured for ya'll soon. But until then, enjoy the pictures and may God bless.

In Christ,

'becca