Deck Project summer 2007

Well for some reason I can't get my pictures to move where I want them so they are kind of mixed up but basically these are all taken on one of the week ends while we were working on the deck.As you can see we had lots of help. All of the kids have had some experience with projects like this. Brandon and Alex even worked for a carpenter for a few summers. So when it came time to changing the blueprints to build it so it was more sturdy we had lots of help figuring it out.Not that Duane couldn't have figured it out by himself but its always nice to have help expecially when your figuring out angles.This is the end result.I absolutely Love it. We haven't even put any furniture on it yet, and we already spent alot of time on it. Duane can just step out the back door to grill,etc..

Tyler was here to help too. He had so much fun
We set up the sprinkler for him to cool off . He really wasn't interested, was not going in there until Brandon grabbed him and ran through then casey went and sat in it by him just acting goofy, and pretty soon Tyler was having fun chasing Casy with the sprinkler.We set up an umbrella for Tyler to sit under and watch after he cooled off. Of course Casey and Grandma sat under there awhile too.

Here's Casey trying to secure the umbrella to the pine tree, so it wouldn't lean.

Alex didn't help alot with the deck because he was working on his pickup. I don't remember what was wrong with it, but he was having some problems with it.But we used his pickup to get wood, and then he unloaded it by himself (everyone else was busy and he wanted to get started on it) and then he stacked it all in piles for us.

Casey, Brandon,Ryan and Duane

Ryan and Casey

Casey, Ryan and Duane taking a break from the heat.

Duane, Casey, Brandon and Ryan. Well, I gotta go for now, gotta get ready for Church.