Getting close to finishing the fountain area!

Tiles!

Adding stucco to the wall. Work fast!!

Alex explains the finer points of bricklaying.

Concrete blocks are heavy. Who knew?

The youngest working McVay

And so begins his training in the ways of the working McVays...

Ah, concrete!

Laying the foundation of the fountain area.

And so begins the backyard project.

We started by stripping and staining the floor of the palace. Of course it turned out that we should have done this last, not first.

Just a working McVay

My friends understand, they give me titanium headed hammers for my birthday.

Starting the foundation of the wall

Starting the foundation for the wall of the sculpture display area. Might even become a fountain, not that you can tell that yet.

This will not do

This backyard just will not do. Alex indicates that both he and the fisch sculpture deserves a much better space.