Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there!! Hope you had a wonderful day!! We had a very "productive" day around here, but that was great too!!!

We have torn down our old deck that was attached to the side of the house. It was very old and rotting, and it was really wobbly. We have bought lumber, etc. to build a new deck, but just haven't been able to find the time to work on it! The kids had ball games yesterday, and CJ had to work all day, so we decided that we would work on it today... even though it was Father's Day! (CJ didn't mind, really!... whaever it takes to make "progress" on this project!!)

Brianna went to spend the night with her friend, Nichole, from school. She got back home this morning just before noon, so that is when we gave CJ his cards and presents. Before Brianna came home, Zach and I went out driving (Zach got his permit on Saturday... YIKES!) so he could just get a little comfortable behind the wheel of the car. He didn't do too bad... it went a lot better than I thought it would! He wanted to go with me instead of CJ because I tend to have more "patience" than CJ does! He was afraid his dad would be yelling and making him nervous!!

When we got back from our little driving lesson, we made a breakfast brunch, then cleaned the dishes and by this time Brianna was home, so we gave CJ his cards and presents. Brianna wrote him a book with pictures she drew for her story. It was all about her dad and how much she loves him, etc. I think this was his favorite present! CJ likes LSU Tigers, so Zach got him a T-shirt from their 2007 Championship and then we also got him some shorts to go with it. Then I got him a miter saw because he is going to need it to build this deck!!!!

After presents, we went to Menards to pick up some of the lumber they have been holding for us since we bought it back at the beginning of May. We came home and spent the whole afternoon measuring, digging holes for the posts, cutting the posts, pouring cement in the holes, etc. We now have six posts cemented into the ground! This is a start! Now we just have to figure out what day we will be able to work on this again!! I will be sure to post it when it is completed... hopefully before summer is over!!