Backyard progress

I was going through some old pictures and came across some of our backyard.  It made me realize how all of our hard work has made a big difference in making our home more family friendly.

When we bought the house the backyard looked like this.  Brush and weeds everywhere and uneven random-sized rocks everywhere that made it feel like if you weren't careful you'd twist your ankle.

 After many days of gathering, breaking down, and burning, we cleared away the debris.

 Our first spring we ordered D-1 (dirt and rocks less than an inch in diameter) and spread it out with 2 shovels across the whole area. (Fun! Not.) It stayed like this for a while since we've been doing improvements inside the house the last few years.

 This summer we planted grass!! It's a rare thing up here and we're really going to enjoy it!