We have decided to replace our deck. We built it 19 years ago....a side note...on a concrete pad under the deck we discovered children had engraved their names. Warren wrote his name and noted he was 16 years old....and that was nineteen years ago. At the time, we thought we were doing a good thing by building it from cedar. But it turns out that cedar decks only look good for about six months after you spend three rain free days, working your butt off refinishing the surface. And, eventually, the ends of the boards start to split and others start to rot away. It is time for a new deck! We researched the different, 'non wood', possibilities - Timber Tech, Trex, Azek, and Deckorators, The first two still have some wood fiber enmeshed in the plastic, but the last two are totally plastic. We chose Deckorators (Voyage style and Mesa color) because we think it is the better choice. We had four contractors come out to give us a bid and we chose Q & R Construction. Quaid from Q & R is Lori Glenn's son-in-law - so we have that connection, and he is a church member which isn't always an absolutely perfect recommendation, but we like him and we like the deck he built for Van and Lori, and he says Deckorators is the best. Quaid says his crew should be able to begin on June 3 or on June 10 - oh I hope it will be the third.
We decided to do the demolition ourselves because the cost of the demolition is the same as one round trip ticket to Europe. A plane ticket was worth the two days of labor we figured we need to do the job. I started on Tuesday by crawling through the basement window to the area under the upper deck, and then I began to use Malcolm's nifty battery powered screwdriver, and off we went.
Before pictures -
Under I go. This is all we did this week. We'll finish it next week
Tuesday, Jessica, Bev, and I along with Aubry Sorenson, went to Jenny's for lunch. As usual Jenny made interesting and delicious food - she truly loves to cook. I don't even remember what this dish is called, but it is made with some kind of cheese and was baked.
Wednesday was Clara's birthday party with her cousins - they'd gone to a movie to see Dumbo and then came to the Manor for cake. The most exciting gift was a baby doll. called Baby Alive, that you could feed water, and the the baby, miraculously, wet her diaper - or just wet on your lap or over the sink, in a bowl....numerous places.
I think Jude may be losing interest.
Yep - Jude went from feeding the baby to pressure washing window screens.
On May 6th, Mark Pedersen came home from his mission to Paraguay. A bunch of us went to the airport to greet and welcome him. Jill was especially excited
Val Glenn came down again to help refurbish the shed. I don't know what we'd do without his help.
TOn Friday, Terry and Joan Gray, Dad's cousins from Long Island, NY, came for a visit. Their son, Brenden has returned to the naval base on Whidbey Island, and Joan and Terry were out visiting him.
They are in interesting couple and our conversations go unusual places. They are from the east coast, are lawyers, have one child, are not church members, and are heavily involved in the Merchant Marine Academy, which is were Brenden went.
We went to dinner at the Redland cafe and got the Friday night Rib Eye Special. Midway through the meal, I got really hot and then feeling really queasy, I went outside for some fresh air. Eventually, in the parking lot behind the restaurant, I barfed, and all was better afterwards.
Saturday we spent a lot of time with Joan who is a family history enthusiast. We set her up with a Familysearch account and she grasped the web sight easily.
Saturday was also a big day for Clara - she was baptized. I gave the talk on baptism, and Vonda (the other grandmother) gave the talk on the Holy Ghost.
Afterwards, at Jessica's house we had a big celebration...and another cake, which happened to have a hallowed out center filled with m&ms, for Clara
a good week indeed.
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