Finally Ready For Final Inspection!

With the last of the rock on and grouted we are ready for final inspection!

John came by yesterday and grouted the rock around the fireplace and it looks great!

Come by and see it for yourselves one day!

Rock On!

John came by this afternoon and put the rock around the fireplace! He's planning on coming back tomorrow to put grout around it and then we're done! I think it turned out rather nice.

A nice anniversary present for us too, to get that rock put on! Yup, 11 years today for us!

Landscaping!

Look, we've landscaped! Well, if you can call planting one tree landscaping!

We finally got around to planting the lilac tree we got in June! It's poor little roots were definitely needing some more room to grow. We're hoping to get the rest of our landscaping done in the next two weeks or so.

Get Ready To Rock!

John came by today and put a coat of concrete on the fireplace which needs to happen before the rock can be added.

I couldn't remember what kind of rock I'd picked out so I looked in the box today and was relieved to see some rock that should look nice. It's so hard to tell from a little one-inch picture in a catalogue! It's the same style as the rock on the front of our house, but one color, a kind of beige-ish not too much unlike the carpet or couches. Hopefully anyway!

Grass

The grass has sprouted! But, I think the weeds are starting to take over. It's still a little patchy in places, but apparently this is how grass comes in.

The back yard looks big and almost ready to play in. There's even a swing set back there just waiting to be assembled and tried out.