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Handprints

June 29, 2020
We knew from the beginning that we wanted to put our handprints in the concrete somewhere. I don't ever want to move again and I hope and pray that we are in this home when our girls bring home husbands and grandkids one day. I love that our handprints are there and we can look at them for years to come.
The crew began pouring concrete at 5:30 am. *Our poor neighbors are going to be so over us* They told us to come over mid-morning to put our hands in the concrete. Well, you know, Jason works. So... mid-morning wasn't really an option. We did go as soon as he got off work, which was right after lunch. The places we thought we wanted to put our hands in were already too dry, so we opted for right on the back porch. I LOVE how they turned out. It was almost too dry, so we barely got them in the concrete, but they're there!


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