Land Scape

So as you know we are in the process of transforming our yard from this...
into, well, not this. First we painted the front door and then we laid out the plans for the yard. Our friend Mo (with Aspen Rain Landscaping) is our contractor and I can't say enough about how great he has been... from the design stage all the way through to implementation, he is great. If you want his number, give me a call! He even does regular yard maintenance.

Part of what our yard plans include is this upgrade to our side yard. Before, the side yard was just a blah patch of rock. Step one is an extension of the side wall... we will tear down the backyard wall to open this part into the back yard, and we will put a gate right where this wall ends. Step two is a concrete slab that will be Riley & Violet's basketball court/bike area. Here you can see the footers for the new side wall going in...

And out front, there is a huge dumpster to haul away our brick as well as the TWO TREES Mo removed. In their place, we will be planting my favorite tree, a mimosa.

My yard is a virtual Tabula Rasa!

The wheelbarrow here is sitting right where we will be extending the driveway with a pretty, stamped strip of concrete (that will eventually be stained).

More on the landscaping coming up! I can't wait to show you Riley's Cement Videos! Those are up (hopefully) tomorrow! Right now blogger is giving me uploading troubles (well you give HIM some trouble!).