Big Boy Toy #2

Friday before Memorial Day, Jeff had the day off and was able to get some work done on the backyard! We are on a roll! This is the toy he had to have this time...

You'd think it was Christmas Day by the excitement he has for these diggers!

This baby was used to haul big boulders out of the dirt and place them nicely in our backyard. Because our neighbor was doing a boulder wall, Jeff decided he had to have one too! 

Chloe prepped the yard for the boulders

Then the guys hauled back three trailer loads of rocks

Then Chloe placed the rocks all in a row! Yes, the brown fuzzy thing is Chloe!

Then Chloe took a break to hang with Korver

and get a snack!

The guys only took a couple of breaks for food and to dry off. Despite the crappy weather, both yards now share an awesome looking boulder wall that was basically free! (Sorry, I haven't taken a picture of the finished product yet!)

We decided to keep the "Mini X" an extra day so Chloe could dig out a place for a sunken patio w/fireplace!

If you look close, Chloe really is manning the controls!

And, like usual, Adi and I supervised!

This is really happening folks! We are loving doing everything ourselves and it will be more fun to show people OUR backyard! Stay tuned to see the pavers and stones we purchased to use for our walkway, patio, and fireplace...all 9 pallets will be delivered with in the next 2 weeks!

Day 1 of a VERY long project

So, ya know how at the end of my last post, I said I really wanted the backyard done so I could send Chloe outside...well, who knew that post would light such a fire under Jeff! So Kristin, blog about how bad you want your backyard done, make Chad read it, and hopefully he'll move faster!

Friday, Jeff got home from work at 4:30 and decided he was going to rent a bob cat so he could level out our backyard. A little shocked and doubtful, at first, I told him he could. By 5:00 he had one all lined up and ready to be delivered Friday night. Sweet! (The real thing that got him started was our next door neighbor started leveling out his backyard so Jeff wanted to jump in.)

Saturday morning, we went to Lowes to buy a few things and then we spent the rest of the day digging!

Ready to dig with our new shovels and new gloves!

View from the house

View from the back of the yard, looking toward the house

 Yes, that is a Volvo! Yes, it is air conditioned! Yes, it's brand new!

It was a little too loud for Chloe, but most things are!

The first dig! Chloe was so proud of her Daddy!

Jeff's favorite part was when the neighbor came out to work with his tiny bobcat...he was a bit jealous!

We may or may not have dumped the extra dirt in the empty lot next to our house!

We had a guest Volvo driver...Dallin's the man!

It was a lot of work!

But in the end, we were so glad we did it! It's kind of hard to tell, but it looks completely different!

These are the before and after pictures right next to each other! I'm excited to see what he'll do next weekend!

As requested...

This post is in response to a plea from someone close by! I will not name names, but this person apparently has nothing better to do at work than stalk me and my family! :) I am happy to send you some smiles via pictures! Here ya go, - - -!

Ok, so this was harder than I thought. I do not think of myself as a creative writer and so on my blog, I let the pictures do the talking. The only problem is I don't have a lot of recent pictures. I have been a bum and have not documented anything. I do have a few pictures of the houses being built in our neighborhood, but I didn't think that was too interesting...anything to look at instead of work, right - - -?

We haven't been up to much lately, so enjoy the few photos I took of our bubble party the other night!

Oooh! Bubbles!

Always a happy girl!

 

Chloe is such a silly girl! She loves to pose whenever the camera comes out!

Not gonna lie, I am impressed with the way these two photos came out!

She would try so hard to "get lots like momma" but couldn't do it!

 So, that's what's going on at the Andersen's house! I do have some fun projects I'm working on, but they are secret for now. I hope to be able to post about them soon! Also, after yesterday and today, I am going to try my hardest to convince Jeff to let me pay someone to come finish my backyard because the 3 year old is driving my crazy!

P.S. Yesterday we had two very sad girls...First, Adelaide discovered how to fall down the stairs and Chloe discovered that even though the shampoo says "No tears," if you get a ton in your eye, it will produce tears! Anyway, we are doing fine and I just thought that picture was so funny! I hope I will have something to blog about the backyard soon! Love ya, - - -!