We're Finally Finishing Our Backyard!!

When we purchased our house, we had a small marsh in our backyard, the grading was off and the water didn't drain correctly to the street. Thankfully, Mike has a good friend that is a landscaper, that he also worked for for a summer, that helped us draw up some plans that would take care of the water. We dug a trench to the street, put in some pvc pipe and created a dry creek bed, we also planted a few trees for privacy. The part we never finished was the patio, we planned a flagstone patio and it just never got done. Last summer was out of the question considering we had a small baby. This year we finally have some motivation and are going to get it done!!

After Ethan's morning nap we went over to Pioneer to look at flagstone and get some estimates. I'm so glad we saved for this before I took a part time position. It just floors me to think about how much we're going to spend on rocks and dirt!!

Ethan liked walking on all the example patios they had set up, most the time he was carrying a rock or two.
Of course, after the excitement of talking with the rock people, Mike wanted to get started right away when we got home


Not too much progress on the patio so far n=but I'll keep you posted.

In other news, Ethan's fifth tooth has broken through!!!