We broke ground last night on our new deck project!!! It was so hot this weekend, we actually waited until 7:30 or so last night to start, but it is moving pretty quickly. We are in the very beginning stages right now - digging and leveling the ground on which the deck will sit. It will be ground level, so we need to guard against standing water. We will need to add a couple of inches of gravel before we start any actual building, but since Jason has planned everything out for the design, we should be done within a couple of weekends! He is just amazing with his ability to think these things out - something I definitely couldn't have done.
I have good memories of my Dad and I working on projects like this, so we decided to make this a family project. I was a bit older than my kids are when I helped my Dad, but I know we can make it work. Jason will be a great foreman! They were a great help last night with the digging and clearing away the patches of grass. Their neighbor friend Jada even came over to help for a few minutes. Who knows why things like that are so much fun when you're 6 or 8 or 10?!
Anyway, I have only 3 classes left (2 weeks) in summer classes, so I'm looking forward to getting some yard projects and house projects finished before classes start again in August...and project one: new deck!!!!
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