The new deck

Hooray! The pile of lumber that has been in the backyard for almost 2 months now has finally become an outdoor living space. It's still missing the roof over one side, but that's going to be done Friday with the help of my uncle Mark and probably my cousin David and Don (and of course Cory). I'm so excited to take Ethan out there to play, especially when and if it ever cools down, and Cory and I have already enjoyed some time out there after the little man hits the sack. Hopefully, we'll find a way to spruce up the landscaping and get some grass around it, but it's already a huge improvement on the tiny concrete slab we had before.

Here's the pictures of before and after, and I'll update again after Friday's project:

The crappiness we had before:

The lumber pile we had to look at for weeks:

And the loveliness we have now: