Deck Project

The "I just want a cement pad poured under the deck" project continues.... 90 degree heat and OBNOXIOUS humidity doesn't stop MY HUSBAND! :)

We needed to move the posts back and we had to have a beam to hold it all together... so Husband BUILT a beam.... 

That then weighed about 500lbs and needed to get lifted and attached... thankful BIL L showed up to check on progress ;) we sucked him right in....

and then he called in reinforcements from down the road with a bigger tractor... phew! Thankful for Ray-Ray too!

All set up and ready....

On Monday Ray-Ray came back and placed one of the cement towers you see here in the hole that Husband HAND-DUG that was over FOUR FEET DEEP! 

and on Tuesday it was GAME ON... CountryDad showed up with his tractor and on the hottest day of the summer so far (I think)...

They got the other holes dug, the posts moved and the old cement out of the ground...

and even got this girl to dump the old cement ;) She LOVES driving the tractor!

"always look in the direction in which you are heading"

and since the tractor was already HERE... why NOT make the fire pit area a bit bigger? :) 

So thankful for ALL the work that Husband has done to get our deck secure and ready for the pad to be poured and ESPECIALLY for rallying the troops he needed to help with the heavy lifting and digging :) I'm SO excited for the finished product! Stay tuned....