Landscaping! 

We're actually getting a yard and we are so excited!! We met a month or so go with Robert Thompson, owner of Thompson Landscaping, and came up with a plan for Phase 1 of our backyard. (It'll take multiple phases to finish because, holy cow, landscaping is expensive.) Our plans included a fence around about 2/3 of the yard, lots of grass, and 16 trees. It also included adding wood chips and plants to our front yard. 

Robert and his huge team of men started working last week and so far everything looks great! Seriously, we love it and we've had a lot of fun watching the backyard (and front) transform. I never knew that a fence or wood chips or grass could be so exciting....but they CAN and they ARE. 

We can't wait to have everything finished. It'll look so much nicer than the never ending dirt that we've had up until now. And, more importantly, the backyard will be a fantastic play land for Cole and Maliya. I'm grateful that we're able to do this right now, as I really think the kids will enjoy it. We all will. I can envision lots of family time out in the yard. Yay! 

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3