It's starting to look like a deck!

Our neighbor Rollie came over to help the guys get started.  He owns his own remodeling and reconstruction business.

First section nearly complete!

Ledger board ready for the second section.  The big bummer was they got the whole section done and had to take it down because our house is wonkey and things wouldn't line up... so they had to take this board down (after everything was attached) and shim the board.... not fun.

NOW section 2 is done... and it's plumb (sp???) and square.

The third section is done!!  Holey buckets... it's going to be a big deck... so excited!

Eric put the plywood up so we could officially stand on the deck!  Now we have to get the last three posts done, get the beam up and pray we pass inspection!

First stand on the deck!!

Jester Park with the Second Graders!

The second graders at Horizon had a field trip to Jester Park.

There were 5 stations we traveled to.  The first one was learning about bugs that are "decomposers".  We searched the woods for bugs and then talked about them as we caught them.

Elise's good buddy Paige.

The next station we learned about what the colors mean on bugs and how they give us information. 

Here the kiddos are hard at work designing their own bugs.

This station we went to the pond and everyone was given a net.  From the shore line we caught snails, tadpoles, minnows and all kind of bugs.

Elise liked catching things but was having no part of getting the bugs out of the slime into the bucket.

This station we had butterfly nets and we looked for dragonflies, butterflies, crickets, grasshoppers and more.

Our neighbor Ryan Davis helping some of the kids.

Post Holes.... DONE!

The cement mixer.

Either the tire was over inflated or there was too much weight in the wheel barrow... the tire exploded!

It was sooooo HOT the day they did this.  At least the hard labor part is complete... now the fun begins this weekend with actual building of the structure!

Camp Quam t-shirts

On the second day of school, the second graders made t-shirts for community day (once a month) and field trips.  The theme this year is camping.  They turnded out really cute!