Summer Deck Parties

A few years ago, Bobby and I built a laundry room/pantry and a very large deck onto the back of our house. Our house was built in the 1970's and it is really small. We had a nice backyard, but it slopes and was really not a good place to entertain.

I've always loved having friends over for potluck and to just sit around and fellowship but we'd never really been able to have more than just a few friends until we built our deck. Now we can have lots of friends come over at the same time. It's wonderful.

Lots of times after church, we'll just tell everyone to grab something and come on over. Then we set it all out and have a potluck dinner. God has been good to us - we never seem to run out of food and the company is always great to be around.

We have had as many as 20 plus friends (and a few dogs) on the deck for cookouts and birthday parties and we always have a ball. Sometimes we sit out there and just listen to the frogs, catie dids, owls and other critters.

I can't wait until I get through getting everything cleaned and ready for the fun to begin! It's a big job and takes a long time, but it is worth it!

Our dogs really love the deck too because they have a place to lay in the sun and sleep, the birds love it because I have more places to hang my bird feeders and the squirrels love it because I hang more bird feeders (I don't have the heart to hurt them so I just feed them right along with my birds). All in all , everyone loves our deck!