we seem to have been swallowed up in this deck project. it's a huge project and kenny is a one-man worker. he had help the first day for two hours setting up the thingy-ma-jig that holds the deck to the house. (i know the actual word, but it's 8:29, i've been up since 5:00 this morning, and it's escaping me at the moment.) i actually helped him one day by laying the decking and putting in all the screws.* i have to finish that up eventually and will once the railing is in place.

our yard is suffering. the garden needs to be weeded, the grass needs to be cut. but we're keeping our head above water until it's finished. and it will be very soon. hopefully this weekend. hopefully.

this is the first big project where i was able to actually help out. since having kids, i do a lot of cheerleading on the sidelines of these projects. it feels good to get back at it and actually help out when adam naps and the job doesn't require a whole lot of muscle.

sorry, no pictures (mom!). i have taken a few, but the pictures don't do justice to the deck. i'll take some real pictures once it's completely finished.

so besides the deck work we've been busy entertaining the boys to keep them out of the construction area. last night, kenny found them a frog. rowan loved it. sawyer wasn't so sure. he didn't want to touch the thing, but he was very excited about trying to feed it a worm. after noticing me take a few pictures of the frog in rowan's hands, sawyer demanded i take a picture of his little "wormy." the picture below makes it look more like a cut on his finger, but really, that's the worm. and the camera actually focused on sawyer's sweet face rather than the worm. smart camera.

and what is a week or so without a picture of one of the girls? look! they're beginning to grow their crowns!!! they'll be 10 weeks old on monday.









*i worded that purposefully to make it sound as though i layed all the decking myself. i wanted you all to think i was some strong, do-it-yourself-er. but really, kenny brought each piece up to the deck and helped me with a crowbar to get the wood to lay flat. all i did was screw each piece into place. so it wasn't really a lie. and most of you won't even be reading this...so most of you will think i did do something really important in the building of this deck. besides keeping the boys from falling off of it. which really is the most important in the grand scheme of things. that and building it to make it sturdy and safe. and believe me, it's sturdy.