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If you recall, earlier this summer I put in a staircase to connect the upper and lower decks. Not content
to stop there, I started up again
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Here's the boy helping Daddy dig some post holes
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You hit water daddy! Woah.
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Here's Daddy's little helper ready to drop in some drainage rocks for under the posts
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Posts up and...
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All done! Anyway, I really need to learn to take more pictures during construction of things like this
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Course, we love it. It's a great place to put the patio table and relax or eat a nice dinner outdoors
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Here's a shot of it in relation to the pool deck (and Mama)
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Just a shot of the boy devouring a chocolate chip cookie at McDonalds
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Here we see one of Milan's Summer concerts in the Park. This was a kid's band called Gemini, they were pretty good
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Jared with his friends Matt and Samantha enjoying the concert
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Jared and more friends dancing around
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(Visiting Greenfield Village) Jared posing in front of one of the awesome steam engines
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And here's the boy riding the half-million dollar frog on the Hershell-Spillman carousel. Yup, the thing's worth $500000
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Daddy joining in on the fun
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Here some sparrows were diving at some of the food at a nearby table while we enjoyed some lemonade
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Jared pointed out some small squirrel tracks that went across some (then) wet cement near the Menlo Park exhibit
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Jared dancing across the grandstand gazebo
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Jared and Daddy enjoying a relaxing drive in a vintage Model T
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Here's a good shot of the train across the field
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One day Daddy came home to his family and found them playing in the backyard
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Oh! I've been spotted by a boy!
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Jared playing with a cute little helicopter toy
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Our future pilot?
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Ready...
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Set...
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Slip...
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'N Slide!
Now that's some summer fun!
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