Well we had a great 3 day weekend this weekend (that’s why I’m posting this on Monday).  And actually it was a 3.5 day weekend for me because we got let out of work at noon because the power went out.  That actually helped a lot because I got to put 3 hours in on the deck.  Saturday was also spent on the deck as was Sunday and Monday…  Yeah, and it’s still not done done, but it’s got ~ a days worth of work and at least it’s usable/safe now.  It’s been a lot of work, but in the end it is a much better deck than the old deck.  As for the rest of the fam, Nikki’s been enjoying the new bike path in Quonsett.  She’s been running Mo on it every morning to tire him out.  I guess this morning he tried to make a break for it and run home because he was so tired from the previous two days!  Elias is basically running around now.  He can also even walk up and down stairs now (but will crawl if there’s not a hand hold).  He’s also almost talking, or, he’s talking and we just don’t know about what…  Also, I’ve been doing my parents blog this week as their usual email posting isn’t working…  So they call it in to me and I type it up…  Anyway, check that out here, and the pictures below.

and I put ALL the deck pics (of course I forgot a good before pic) in one gallery to make it easier to follow: