The outside of our home was an eye sore, and it needed lots of help. We aren't finished by any means, but we have a great start!
The boys and I decided to start digging up the rocks in the flower beds.
It was a lot of work.
The grass had a fungus...but we got that taken care of.
UGH!
This was a lot more work that I could have ever expected. We filled up one trash can full (that, of course, I couldn't move after it was full of rocks) and decided to call someone to do the work for us. It was well worth it!
The boys really pitched in and helped us out a lot.
They loved every minute of the work.
Isaac cleared off a few more rocks before the mulch arrived.
It's so much fun to do hard work as a family.
Eager helper.
This picture just doesn't do it justice. There was a lot of mulch!
We have a yard!
It's starting to feel more like home.
The hard work paid off.
By the way, I wish I would have taken a before and after of the mailbox. It had so many vines and plants around it that we had to dodge spiders and lizards just to get our mail. We knocked ALL of the plants down and I'm so glad because now I feel like our kids can be seen more easily when cars come around the corner. Plus, it just looks nicer. (You can kind of see the mailbox in the background of the last photo. One of the plants is lying on the ground next to it.)
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Wow! You guys worked really hard and in return you now have a gorgeous yard. I'm impressed! Great job guys! We could use you guys at the ranch. The mulch is really an attractive color. I bet your neighbors are impressed, too.
Wow too! That is a lot of mulch! I didn't know you could have a truck dump it in the driveway...we just buy bags and bags and bags of it. It looks wonderful guys...and girls!
What an awesome yard!! Definitely worth all the work. It looks amazing!! I'm really liking that mulch, too!
WOW! I'm IMPRESSED! It looks really, really good! Good mulch color---I agree!
Your yard looks great! Yards are a lot of work, eh? I like to have a nice yard, but I lose interest by the end of summer in caring for it. You guys did an awesome job!!
It looks amazing! Is it cheaper to have the dump truck come as opposed to the bags of mulch at lowes? I kinda like the dump truck method.
Kedra - I think it is cheaper. It would have taken 20-30 bags of mulch to get what we got.
Thanks ladies! We are really enjoying it. It was nice to have them just deliver it, but we should have had a wheel barrow!
SOOOOOOOOO impressed. Our yard needs work and I have yet to really tackle it. Uggh you have motivated me, but I guess I should wait until Spring. Thanks for taking pictures to show us!!
Looks amazing! Isn't it a funny sign of being a grown up? Michael is outside right now mowing the yard. Sometimes I have sit back and wander how we got here. Glad to be here, just funny to think about.
I am a little late on this one (behind in reading blogs). I love to see families work together, there is just something that happens in that experience. Great work Wright Family - Your yard is awesome!
That looks AMAZING! I'm very, very impressed. The mulch is beautiful--all 5 tons of it!
Your yard looks great! I haven't checked blogs in a while and yours doesn't move up on my list...sorry! It looks like y'all are doing great!
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