Building a Deck - Day 6 (7, 8, 9, and 10)

Sorry for the delay folks, but here's an update. First, the rains came, and took my beautiful holes that I had dug 4 feet deep and filled them with water, and soon thereafter....mud. So I was a bit upset that I had to RE-DIG my four foot holes. But eventually I did. 

Ben and Liz came over and helped me pour NINE bags of cement into one hole. Four hours later we were done with that one hole and I vowed to make things easier the next day. 

So the next day I filled the holes with rocks and dirt and other things so that the last 3 holes only took a total of 9 bags between them all. :)

Another day I built the beam....

And about this time Katrina moved in. Having a second set of hands was HUGE, and things have been moving along quite well since then. I've put up all the joists, and started throwing some decking on top just to see what it will look like. 

One of the days I had run out of 2x8s that I needed for joists, so while we waiting for Home Depot to deliver it, Katrina and I moved 3 tons of rock. Looks pretty good if I do say so myself. 

So thats all I got for now. I'll try to keep up.