Yard Update

Just a refresher. Remember when our yard looked like this:

And then it looked like this:

Well, no more. Andrew's family was flying out Saturday afternoon to head home from Andrew's graduation, and they dedicated the day to our yard. His mom is a landscape designer, and it was so much fun to pick out plants with her. 

Andrew wanted to expand our deck. I vetoed the expansion, it just seemed like too big of a project. So he and his dad took off part of the railing, and added steps all around the side. His dad is basically  a construction genius! It makes our deck feel twice as big (compare it to the first picture on the blog). 

The planted trees to create more privacy, planted delphinium and moss, spread bark, and bought some tomato cages to support our vegis that are HUGE! The garden is so much fun, and the neighbor kids still love watching everything grow. 

Thanks family, for all your help! It was so fun to come home from Chicago so such a transformed backyard. You're welcome back anytime. :)