{OUR ZENFUL RETREAT}

ok I'm sorry for so many pictures. We built our deck this weekend and I have to say my dad and brother in law are amazing craftsman. I drew pictures for them of how I wanted my deck and they built what was in my head It was so cool! They made it oriental and zenish- and i just love it. My whole family worked so hard to get this done in 3 days including many trips to Totem-They only sell the sizes we needed. cutting mixing concrete screwing hammering making gardens cleaning cooking- needless to say I am totally exhausted and I would be happy to lay in my bed all week. I love the sunburst railing the most and my built in massive planters. Brandon and I are going to finish the gates and hang our hammock this week. Its so nice to finally have a backyard to do something in. The boys loved having grandma and aunt cacia to play with them. Way to much attention for 3 days. They were so interested in what was going on and tried helping a couple times. My bro in law david is also an amazing bbq-er- holy cow I've never tasted stuff so good. THey even piped in our natural gas line for our bbq! YAY! I"M SO EXCITED FOR SUMMER PARTIES! and the space between the stairs is so perfect for a sheet and projector movie! Anyone have a projector! Neighborhood movie night!