I wasn't sure how it would turn out but I think my dad and Drake did a nice job on the deck.  Last weekend they spent all day Saturday building the deck.  I had went to New Castle to get a few things and bring my mom and brother to Avon.  When we came back they only had some of the structure built (now this had been about 6 hours later).  My mom and I were a little worried that it wasn't going to turn out.  They didn't look very confident either.  And what little boards they had didn't look like enough to cover the whole deck.  They were convinced they had more than enough.  Well when they laid out the boards, it only covered about 1/4 of the deck.  Guess my mom and were right:)  After they came back from Menards with the rest of the boards, the cement was set and they were ready to screw in the screws (all 420 of them).  And here is the result...

They did a nice job.  We need to stain the deck but with all of this rain we haven't had a chance.  We also painted the chairs and table white so they would look a little better.  


We bought these Adirondack chairs from Ace hardware for $30 a piece!  We (Drake) had to assemble the chairs and paint them (I helped paint!).  We bought the ottomans from Target already assembled and pre-painted for $20 a piece.  Not bad!  The fire pit in the middle is a wedding gift from some of my coworkers.  We haven't been able to use it yet since it has been raining almost every day and we need to find firewood.  Anyone know where we can buy some firewood?  I can't wait to spend the summer nights on the deck!