One of the properties that my grandpa owns needed new shingles so my dad asked the guys if they would put them on while we were all in Oregon. Of course we said yes.
So the men all went over to the property in the morning and got working on the roof. Us ladies stayed back with our kids for an hour or so before we all went to my grandpa's house to watch them work and let the kids play.
The house is on my grandpa's property so we were able to hang out at his house and watch them men. They had a couple nail guns and even a couple of the older boys up on the roof.
While the men were working on the roof we enlisted the little kids into picking up the extra shingles that were thrown on the ground and putting them in a pile. Papa G gave them all a dollar for helping and that is when we headed to the candy store.
The candy store is a little store on the end of the street that my grandpa lives on. We used to go there when were a little with cans that we would exchange for money and then we would buy candy. So it has a lot of history for us.
It's fun to have our kids have the same traditions as we did. Except this time Papa G is giving them the money. They don't take cans anymore there. The kids loved doing this.
We let them all choose which treat them wanted that was around a dollar. My dad gave us adults some money to make up any overage the kids might have. We of course had to show our goods after we bought them. It really is such cheap fun for everyone.
After we walked back to grandpa's house we let the kids play while we ladies watched the men work some more. The kids were all playing so nicely together and having so much fun. Megan loved having older girls to play with and loved tagging around with them.
It took the men until after 1:00 pm to finish the roof. After they were done my dad took us all out to lunch at the DQ (Dairy Queen) that was up the street.
There were a lot of us and we pretty much took over the whole store. I think we left one or two booths open for other people. The kids loved eating lunch with their cousins. It was very interesting to see which cousins sat by each other. Not always the ones that were closest in age. It is nice that they all like each other so much. We all had a good time eating our lunch and ice cream.
After lunch we went back to the cabins to put Allie down for her nap (which was very late). The kids wanted to go to the beach so Tony showered and stayed with Allie while I took the kids to the beach. Tony was ready for a little down time after all the roofing and ended up taking a nap with Allie. They were both very tired people.
The house is on my grandpa's property so we were able to hang out at his house and watch them men. They had a couple nail guns and even a couple of the older boys up on the roof. 
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