Staining the Deck Part 2

On Sunday morning as we were getting ready for church, my sister Carrie called.  They wanted to come see our new house, and asked if they could come that afternoon.  I told her we needed to stain the deck that weekend, but they could come, have lunch for us, and hang out in our house while we tag-teamed the deck.  They thought that sounded good (especially since they would be able to watch the Bears game at our house!).  So after church we went home, had chicken dinner from Hy-Vee with the Klinges, and started in on the deck.  We were extra thankful they came, because they watched Laurel and her cousins played together in the living room with Carrie and Tim, while both Scott and I were out on the deck staining!

The kids had pretty much every toy and book out!

Oren

Kendall watching the Bears

Here is a shot of the railing.  You can see where we have already applied the stain (on the right) and where we have done nothing (on the left).

Done with the railings!  That took forever and was a tedious job.

If you look really closely, you can see rain drops on the floor of the deck.  The forecast did not call for rain, but for most of the afternoon there were moments when it would start spitting!  We would then pray that the rain stopped, and it always did.  Right before we started rolling the stain onto the floor of the deck, it rained a little harder for a few moments, but then stopped, and we were able to finish!

I'm glad we did the deck when we did.  This week the forecast is 40 degrees, rain, and even possible snow!  It was 80 degrees only 2 weeks ago...I guess we're mostly skipping autumn this year, which stinks because it's my favorite season.

This morning when I looked outside, I could see the water beading up nicely on top of the new stain.