Sunday, July 20, 2008

Back Yard Adventures

Okay, most of our yard was up on the hill off to the left. Jeff's BF from HS is an excellent excavator, and planned a great yard for us -- starting with uncovering half of it under the dirt! If you look closely, you can see Morgan & Derek playing in the rocks that are later to become our retaining wall.

Diggin' Diggin' Diggin'
The boys watched for hours while the machines cleared the land. It was an awesome sight.

The rock wall goes up, delayed by days of raining at a time - see the huge puddles after 3 days of drying? The clay dirt bogged down the machines if it didn't dry out enough.


The fence is up, and the cool ramp is in for mowing on the upper level. Little Carlie, Morgan & Derek are smiling on the stone steps.

Trenches are set for the sprinkling system... something we didn't have to worry about in PA!!! Pay money to water the grass? What would you want to do that for?
And cool deck! Thanks Dad!

Graded and curbed with sprinkling nubbies sticking out -- trampoline set in on the right.


Green! And tramp stretched on -- looks like we have a little jumper.

And finally, mulched and a truck load of sand in the swingset area. Notice the black doggy barrier around the bottom of the fence -- Thank you Thank you Thank you Madsen family for your sweet, sweaty service!

7 comments:

Company EIGHT said...

Looks GREAT!! How fun for your family! Everyone did a really nice job.

Em said...

What an amazing transformation! Looks like a great Yard! Do your boys miss the trucks and the dirt?

David and Jana said...

OK, LONG blog! I love it! The pictures are great! Wow. It was sure fun to be there with you! I especially love the grass ramp up to the picnic area. :)
I bet it feels so good to have all that done!

mommy said...

Adalyn is still talking about the sand at your house! Today she told me "Don't take out your ponies and put them in sand" - so I think she must've pulled out her hair things and put them somewhere in your sand... sorry!!!

The Hemenway's said...

What a beautiful yard and so fun for the kids while they are younger. Hope you are enjoying being back to utah, looks good

Katie and Steve said...

Ok, guys. I am totally impressed. Hope JP is still around when we finally settle. It looks amazing. I think that the lawnmowing ramp will be one awesome sledding hill/grass rolling hill. Can't wait to see it in person.

David and Jana said...

OK TIME FOR A NOTHER BLOG!!!!! :)