working hard and feeling good.

michael and i spent the afternoon yesterday working on our yard. it's looking so much better. i mean there really wasn't anything wrong with the yard, other than it was a little boring, but i had so much fun.

we dug holes around the trees and put in red lava rock. we are going to add that rock to the flower beds next. it will really look great to have that color. i raked the entire thing because the last time michael mowed, the grass was so long that it left huge clumps everywhere. i also purchased a bunch of flowers and a few flower pots and planted them myself! they are sitting on my front porch and they look great. we want to put some cement borders around the trees so they will match the flower beds. they won't be circular, but almost kidney shaped (or something). i am really excited about that!

in the backyard, we added a brick border around the tree with red mulch there and in the flower beds. now the tree really looks like it is supposed to be there.

we worked from 2:00 pm to about 8:30 pm. it was a blast. after the hard work, we sat out next to the street just admiring our work. we are very proud!