The "Deck-Staining" Party
Our deck really took a beating from the terrible "ping-pong ball" sized hail
we had last spring -- almost a year ago, to-the-day!
We had to get a new roof, several new windows, the whole house painted and we will also get reimbursement for the deck damage and re-staining costs.
Thank goodness for Homeowners Insurance!
I kind of felt guilty about all the claims but Kraig said ..... NOT!!!
Here's a couple of pictures of the hail damage.
(look for the complete "Hail Damage" post,
as I try to fill in the blanks from last year!)
When the missionaries from our church were over for dinner a couple of weeks ago, Elder Morris saw the deck and asked if we would like to have a bunch of the missionaries come over and help stain it as service project. We surely could not pass up the helping hands of the Lord!!
6 blessed young men showed up around 3:00pm on Friday to help sand off the old stain --we had the machines and sandpaper all ready to go. By 5:00pm, we had they whole thing sanded, swept and ready to stain!
Service in action ...
so happy to be the grateful recipients!
All ready to be stained!
We fed these fine young men a delicious dinner of
BBQ'd burgers, chips & watermelon for all their hard work.
(Jacob managed to escape the hard labor on both days by having to work--
He made up for it by bringing home Cold Stone Ice Cream for everyone!)
The whole crew arrived back by 8:30am
the next morning and ...
WE WERE DONE BY NOON!
What an amazing blessing!
Ummmm .... what are you thinking?
Absolutely perfect!
Now tomorrow we will move all of the stuff back onto the decks and then it's ...
SUMMER PARTY TIME!!!
The previous weekend we mulched all my flower beds.
They look so nice!
About a year and a half ago, we ripped out the bushes in front of our house and
took off the front railing on the porch.
We got new bushes and things planted (and they all came back this year)
& with the house painted its a whole new look ...
WE LOVE IT!
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