The Deck.....

Well, here it is. The deck that was built over Memorial Day weekend. The deck that ended up bigger than we realized. The mammoth deck. But, we love it. And I am very proud to say that I had a big hand in helping to build it (and , yes, it is sturdy and won't fall down!) Richie still has to go back and add a single step along the front and then we are going to plant some little bushes along the edge to make it look pretty! (Maybe then Brownie will stay out from under it!). Richie saved some of the brick that he took down when he installed the french doors to build back in on the left side of them where you see the plywood. As you can see in the picture, to the left is a pool that mom bought for Michael for his birthday. Well, we have yet to get in the pool because Michael is TERRIFIED of it. And he loves water, which is one reason she got it! He loved the pool he had last summer and so we were going to get a bigger one this year so we could all play in it and now he won't go near it. He won't even play outside!! We are going to work on getting him out there and in it maybe this weekend. If we succeed, I'll post a picture!!