Backyard Dreams

So I've been begging Tony all Spring if we could PLEASE plant our back lawn and put the sprinklers in, and the back fence up. The biggest problem there has been that when they built our neighborhood, they scraped away all the good top soil and left only hardpan. So we had some dirt brought in last Fall and there it has sat ever since because we didn't have anything to spread it around with. One step at a time, right? So yesterday, we got together with my BIL Zack who has a truck and needs some yard work done, and he went and picked up a little tractor that my parents agreed to lend us. I knew it would be next week before we could get to the backyard because Tony was sleeping off his graveyard shift from the night before.

But, I came home from running errands yesterday and found Zack in my backyard, pushing and scooping around the dirt! I was so surprised and so excited too! What a sweet guy! He hadn't even started on his own yard yet and came of to help me with ours. I'm so blessed! So here are the before and after pictures, with hopefully more to come! We still need to finish all the leveling and plot where we want the sprinklers to go, etc, but it's a start! Thank you Zack!