Nice Sunny Day...

For a good part of the morning, we were outside weeding in the garden. It was nice and sunny, and everyone was having fun. We went inside for some lunch and we noticed some dark clouds rolling in. Not five minutes later, we were experiencing this! It was crazy enough that I decided to go have some fun on the swings. Another five minutes later and it was all over.

'This Shouldn't Take to Long'

The first week that Em and I moved back into Grandmas house, we were in the back yard playing, and we noticed the sad state that the swing set deck was in. The wood hadn't been cared for in a long time. It was getting to the point that no one wanted to play on it due to the high probability of getting slivers. Zach would almost always get slivers because he would climb up there and want to run cars around on the deck, etc... So we debated replacing the wood, due to the fact that the wood was so rotted out, sanding and refinishing were out of the question. Then we thought, what about that new composite decking material? After some price shopping, we decided it might be an affordable adventure. And how long could it take to replace a 6' x 8' deck? .... :-)

Here are some photos of Devin and I ripping down the old deck, and working till midnight installing the new deck. With dinner, it took us about 9 hours to get the deck replaced. That's about 5 hours longer than what I was expecting. Was it worth it? Of course! I'm so excited to play with the kids up on the deck now. It looks great, and is going to be tons of fun!!

Our house is gone...and Zach is glad.

This week we closed on our home. It is a good thing too because Zach would cry every time we'd pull up to the place. He would rather be at Grandma's house. Who knows what it will be like when we move back for the last semester of school. We are grateful that everything went as well as it did. We definitely saw the Lord's hand during this transition. Thanks to all of you who have helped us in this moving process.