One down, a couple to go

As I'm sitting in my hotel room in Denver, I thought this would be a good time to update the blog. It's only been about 3 months! Yikes! I'm behind. There has been a lot that has happened since the last blog, but I will just update you on one of the project we had for the summer and upload photos of the project. What we thought would be a weekend project turned into a month long project. It took a while, but I finally got Jason to draw up landscaping plans and decide what he wanted to do. (Yes I said what Jason wanted to do.)

The weekend we started the landscaping my friend, Tammy, came to help. It took nearly all day Saturday to get the ground level and lay 5 feet of brick. Just when we were beginning to roll, a storm came in out of nowhere and washed out all our dirt work and bricks. So Sunday after church, we took the bricks out that were laid the day before and started over. Finally, we were on a roll and got the front of the house done on Sunhday. Well, needless to say, once we stepped back to look at our hard work, we discovered it was slightly uneven. From where we started to where we finished on Sunday, there was nearly a 2 inch elevation. Although that doesn't seem like much, we could tell it was uneven and once again, decided to start over.

After beginning the project 3 times, we were finaly able to complete the brick work in about a week. Now, everything is done: the brick work, the caps, the planting, and the mulch. Whew! I am so glad that project is completed! Now for the next one.

The third time is the charm. We were going to get it right this time.

Jason was bound and determined to get this project done! Even working late at night.

I had to make him come in the house so the neighbors wouldn't get upset by the noise.

The finished project in the front of the house.

The front of the house and part of the side.

The back of the house. I actually got to pick out the plants for this part of the house.