Playing Catch-up

Things have been pretty busy around here between swim lessons, work, festivals, deck building etc. I wanted to post a picture last weekend of the progress on the deck but unfortunately did not get around to it. So, here is what it looked like last Sunday.

It was not completed as Jake had hoped but, we had a lot of fun anyway hanging out at the Fishers Freedom Festival with the kids.

Zach had so much fun he barely made it in the door of our house and literally fell asleep in the entryway.

After much needed naps we all headed down to the parade with our friends Josh and Mandy and their kids Jacob and Avrey.

As if the festival and parade were not enough, the kids stayed up late to watch fireworks from our backyard. The boys had fun catching fireflies and throwing (and stomping) on poppers before the fireworks started. It was a very full day!

Jake got working on the deck this past weekend and finally got it finished! We are so happy with how it turned out and have been eating most of our dinners out there. We love it!! Now all he has to do is fix the landscaping :) Never a dull moment!

This past Monday marked the second week of swim lessons and we finally got some pictures.

Whew!

Weekend Update

It was a very busy weekend here at the Lucas house. Jake spent the entire time working on building our deck. He has been working tirelessly the past few weeks digging holes, excavating, measuring, cutting, nailing...you get the picture. This weekend he finally seemed to make some headway and I can actually see the beginnings of a real deck as opposed to a hole in the ground. His dad was able to help out a lot, which was a godsend since I am not very handy around power tools. I stuck to wrangling the kids.

On Friday the boys and I went to Monkey Joe's with my dear friend Jenni and her two kids. Everyone had a blast as you can see...

I wish I could say that 2 hours of running, sliding, and bouncing wore them out but Zach skipped his nap entirely and still fought going to sleep at bedtime. I think all the excitement had the opposite effect on him!

While we were gone Jake worked and worked. This is what the deck looked like on Saturday afternoon. The posts had been set and Jake found two boulders while excavating that he had to dig out by hand.

I left Jake to his project and took the boys to the splash park to beat the 95 degree heat. Evan was being a goofball (as usual) and Zachary just loved running around in the water.

Here is what the deck looked like by the end of the day on Sunday. The boards aren't screwed on yet but you can tell they made great progress. Jake's goal is to have this done by next weekend... I will keep you posted!