Backyard Beauty

Around Tim's birthday we started our backyard and now after months of planting and shoveling and shoveling and more shoveling... we have finally laid the gravel and are calling it good for a few months until we can plant our last citrus tree and other plants.  It's come a long way and we are so excited to be able to finally use our backyard the way it was meant to be. 

 Before... with our little patch of grass.

 Day 1 

 Day 2... starting to make some progress on the wall with Joe.

 Day 3... we are starting to love the wall even more. 

 Syd joined us for some planting of the plants and decided that she fit well in the buckets. 

 Day 4... Pavers almost complete and the wall making even more progress. 

 Pavers done and prepping for the grass to go in. 

 Pavers done, grass done, and wall done!  Our landscapers portion done. 

 Even though we didn't want to put in an inground pool and such... we still put in a little kiddie pool that the kid's adore.  It's 10 feet wide and 3 feet deep and perfect for the girls!  

A few more plants to go in but finally we feel like progress is being made!  Lovin' it!