Summer Projects!

As most of you know we have been doing a lot of yard work since we have moved into our new home. For awhile we were forced to put it on pause while Chad was out, but now that he is home we have been working on it over the past couple of weeks (well lets be honest, Chad has been doing most of the work). We have seen a huge improvement over the past few months. The One thing we have been looking forward to since moving in has been getting a fence put up around the backyard. It has been the one thing we have really wanted to put into our home. After putting much hard work and labor into cutting down trees and removing the debris we were finally ready to get our fence. On Thursday the fence process started and after much anticipation our fence was officially put up and finished on Friday Afternoon! They finished right as Chad was pulling up in the driveway and we couldn't wait to take Addison and the dogs out in our "New" yard. Here are a few before and after pictures of our yard.

Here is what our yard looked like when we moved in. You were unable to even see the house behind us.

As you can tell Chad had a lot of work on his hands, but he was ready to take it on. After much hard work it soon became this:

Again, that is minus the huge pile of tree branches we had taking up half of our yard for 3 months while Chad was gone. Its amazing how much bigger our yard seemed without it! This is our new FENCED in Yard!

I can honestly say I never thought I would be so excited about something so silly as a fence, but we are truly happy and excited to show it off. The yard still needs some work, half of the yard is still tree trunks and dirt, but we are going to put that off for awhile. We also have a huge corner of the house where we plan to hopefully someday plant a garden! Im not sure if that will happen this summer since we have a late start on it, but hopefully next Spring we will have something going. We spent a lot of time in the yard this weekend. Its something we all enjoy, Addison loves it but the dogs enjoy it even more! They are so excited to venture out on their own (and I must say it is VERY nice to just throw them out in the yard for awhile. I am excited about not having to take them out in my PJ's anymore!). Here are a few pictures of our "Yard Fun"

Maddie is excited to be running FREE!
An exhausting day for Cooper!

Addison having Too Much Fun! :)

At the end of the day we are thoroughly enjoying our new yard. Its been a lot of hard work, but it is nice to be able to play ball with the dogs, throw a frisbee, and take Addison out there and let her run around. The next project I plan on tackling is painting! I cant wait to get some paint on these walls! Stay Tuned!