When I arrived home from my office this afternoon, Paul was moving the truck to allow the workmen next door more street space. Paul stopped me as I parked and said, “take a look at our son.” The foreman, Rollins, had Will on his lap as he operated the backhoe in the front yard. I hoped out and asked Rollins for a picture, to which he exclaimed — “Sure, but let’s get Dad in here first!” So, Paul and Will learned to operate a backhoe today! In this picture, Rollins shows Paul and Will how to work the controls. 
Randy | 08-Jun-05 at 7:04 am | Permalink
Why does Paul get to have all of the fun?
Holly | 08-Jun-05 at 7:32 am | Permalink
Actually, I think Will was the one having all the fun! I think Rollins was camera shy and wanted out of the hot-seat.
Although, there is now a good chance that the backhoe will be needed into next week, in which case, Rollins will leave the keys with Paul. Paul wants to use it to dig up the 100+ year old bricks that are buried under the forgotten sidewalk in the front of the lot. He dug up similar bricks from the sides of our house to build our front steps and it was backbreaking. Using the backhoe would make it much easier. 🙂 Sure you don’t want to make a quick weekend trip to New Orleans???