Memorial Day Yard Progress

The elevation of the yard is looking better and better. With everything going on over the holiday I was happy we made any progress. The trampoline hole is now dug. Matt had to basically chip away to get the dirt out of the hole. Im excited as it is now coming together

Sprinkler Time

Now that the swimming pool has dried up the work for the sprinklers has started. Im so glad we hired someone to do that. Matt just doesn't have the time and I don't have the patience to do that. They used the trencher for the front yard but ended up having to use the pick ax to dig the rest of the trenches....glad that wasn't us.

Is the Flood Coming?

The spring here has been so wet! I swear we haven't had a day without rain in over a couple months. It has been great for the water reserve but it has been rough on our yard work. It has also bee really hard to get all the drainage under control in the yard. Since pouring the concrete we haven't had anymore water issues with the basement but the backyard looks like swimming pool at times. Oh well in a month we'll be complaining about the heat and how dry it is so for now I will enjoy the rain and how green everything is.

Never Ending Yardwork

I feel like we are "building" a house again except its the yard. We want to get it done so most if not all of our time is being devoted to it. The kids are great to help but its really hard for Matt and I to work on a longer project without one of the kids needing something. It can be frustrating but we are working thru it. Often times I feel guilty for not helping enough and leaving Matt to work on his own while I take care of the kids. I know we have talked about doing all of this again but Im not quite sure. Im ready for the projects to be done and to just spend the majority of our time as a family just living our lives.

Concrete Day

With the weather getting better it was giving us the opportunity to really get some of our yard stuff done. Matt was able to get all the concrete spaces prepared for concrete then Saturday was the day. 

We decided to put the girls hand prints in our mailbox concrete and it turned out so cute

They also came to finish the exterior painting...it was a very productive day

Painting the House

The weather finally cooperated to get the house painted. It was a little strange to see it a different color I think just because it has been the primer color for so long. But I really like it.

Bye Bye Dirt Pile

I was thrilled when the day finally came for the giant dirt pile in the back to go away. One of the builders down the street need back fill for their house and we were happy to let them have it. They ended up taking over 120 truckloads away! There was a lot of dirt back there.