You've got mail

We needed a mail box so we headed down to Home Depot to see what are options were. We had originally wanted a brick mail box, but we quickly discovered that brick and mortar is QUITE pricey :) So we down-graded to a standard wood post mail box. There were many options to choose from and we settled on a black box with a large square post. The original color of the wood was pretty plain so we picked out a dark stain to spice it up. We found some silver numbers to nail into the post and give it even more character. Since we needed to keep the post in the ground for many years to come we added a couple fifty pound bags of cement to our home depot bill. 2 hours later we left home depot (it's pretty easy to get distracted in that store, especially when you've just moved into a new house)
The next day I woke up and went to work at Ticona and Brody went to work in the garage. By lunch time Brody had sanded, puttied, painted and screwed the box on to the post. We picked a location for the silver numbers and Brody finished putting it all together.
After work we strolled down to our helpful neighbor's house and borrowed several shovels, a rock crusher, and a wheelbarrow. The digging was harder going than we imagined. I'd like to say I helped with the digging, but about 4 inches into the soil it is clay/rock and Brody is much more equipped for heavy digging :) I did hold the tape measure down the hole though, so Brody knew how much to dig.

We finally got the mailbox in the ground and poured the cement around it. I held it in place for about 10-15min while the cement dried and Brody put the grass back around the base. Voila! We've got mail!