since we moved into this house nearly two years ago we have been anticipating a yard with grass. over the last several months we have talked to our boys about how we are saving our money for grass. owen and wesley started to question us each time we would go grocery shopping, "aren't we saving for grass?". they did a pretty good job of keeping us on track. (; and they were fascinated with people who had grass. one day owen even asked kevin, "Dad, did you have grass when you were a little boy?" i know, it's sad!
we devoted so much time into this yard this summer and thanks to some MAJOR hard work from our family and friends we were able to finish the front yard.
my friend steph helped me with our bark, trees, and shrubs (you can't really see them because they are so small).
our neighbor, aaron, helped us map out our sprinklers and has been our go-to guy with most of this!
my brothers and dad helped with the sprinklers. we finished the front and most of the back. just a little bit more to do before it gets too cold.
kevin took a week off of work to try to wrap up the yard and to lay sod in the front. staci and kyle (BLESS THEIR HEARTS) practically moved in that week and helped us more than we could ever thank them. from sun up to sun down they were outside with us digging trenches, raking, attaching sprinkler heads, and laying sod. they even made us a delicious steak dinner one night after working several hours in the yard. we love you guys!
we had a little sod party and my brothers, dad, and mom came back to help us get the job done. and our sweet neighbors helped us with our kids.
we overestimated our overestimation with the sod and ended up with a pretty good amount of extras so we were able to sod a portion from the patio to the play yard in the back.
once we finish putting on the rest of the heads and bury all of our pipes we will be SO READY for the snow to fall. we have nothing left in us. hopefully by spring we will be rested enough to plant the rest of the grass. (:
ahh! the joys of home ownership.
7 comments:
Yay for grass! I'm sure you will enjoy it so much with your kids. It looks great!
Your house looks different with grass! The yard looks great!! Now just relax and enjoy it!
WOW!!!! It looks great!!
YAY! Looks great! I love the fun curvy lines! I bet it is fun to drive up to your house and/or look out the window and see grass!!
BEAUTIFUL! I'm so happy you have grass!
It looks great! I loved that Owen asked if Kevin had grass when he was a little boy.
Wow Becky that looks great! I will have to come by and see it in person. This yard work stuff is not easy that's for sure, I don't blame you for being ready for a break. I remember feeling that way the year we put our yard in.
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