With all of the talk in the last post about the Big Green Egg (BGE) I
failed to mention our family project that took place over the past summer
in order to accommodate the BGE! We (yes I did help-there is proof below) took on a summer project building a deck. The holes were dug early May and the project was under way! We had a great group of neighbors (no pictures--sorry!) here working with the post hole auger to dig the holes. (Thanks to Jon, Scott, Mike, and Jeff!)
After some cement pouring by Shea and our neighbor Jeff our holes were inspected and ready to hold some lumber. A couple weeks later my uncle Rick came up to help Shea begin to frame in the deck. They worked for most of the morning and were stopped abruptly by the rain storm that occurred. This was a common occurrence for us this summer as the weather tended to prolong our work for WEEKS. After the framing of the deck, thanks to Pat for helping with that process, (about the second week of June) we "shipped" the girls off to Janny's for a few days while Shea and I worked together to put on the deck boards. It was a successful couple days as we worked through dinner most nights and didn't come in the house until after 9. You can see our progress in the second set of pictures below. Over the course of another week or two we began putting up the posts for the railing. It was a team effort, as Larkyn pitched in putting the spindles on with Shea. She loved watching the progress of the deck each day and being part of it.
(The first collage was created before I found the pictures below so the succession of the project is a little out of order, but I trust you will figure it out!)
Larkyn enjoyed getting the measurements just like Daddy!
Next came the stairs. I believe this is when Courtney was a huge help
with the girls as Shea and I worked to get them done. Shea was cutting
the deck boards as I laid them and screwed them in. After laying a few
of them I realized I didn't like the spacing and started all over.
Nothing too hard...just a little problem solving needed! From there I took on the project of building a gate. I didn't like the look of the metal gate we had purchased and with a few measurements and a look at the neighbors gate Shea and I worked to create one ourselves. Shea also wired the lights and had them working by evening. (See dark picture below.)
The Final Project including new deck furniture and of course the BGE! Shea was so ambitious he even built the table the Egg is sitting on and I stained it. Go Team:)
We celebrated the completion of our deck with our neighbors by throwing a
"Thank you for helping on the deck" Party!
A special THANK YOU to all of our friends and family that helped us throughout the process. Thank you to Breally and Cayden for moving bricks from the backyard landscaping and watching our girls through some of the building process. Thank you to Janny and Charlie for watching the girls while we were decking. Thank you to Debbie and Megan who also watched the girls during the building process. Thank you to Courtney and Kayce who took the girls to get dinner one night while Shea and I worked on the deck. Thank you to Courtney for watching the girls and taking part in staining the deck...you were a trooper through it all! All other thank yous to family and friends that I did not mention that gave us words of affirmation along the way and supported us in ways not listed!
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