Got It Done!

As mentioned in here, we had big plans for our Saturday and fortunately, we got it all done! We woke up early and headed out front to take care of finishing removing some of our grass and putting in bark chips.

Here is the before & after:

Before - taken before we moved in (January 2008). Of course the lawn looks wonderful & manicured, but didn't stay that way.

After - taken today.

Upon completing our front yard, we moved to the back deck. We had spent our Friday night scrubbing the deck clean and heading to Home Depot to pick up our necessary supplies. Sam took care of the big areas with the roller & I took care of the smaller areas with the brush. After a couple hours, we were finished with the first coat and were already loving it! A few hours later, we put the second coat on & let it all dry.

Here is the before & after:

Before - taken when we were looking to buy the house (February 2008). Notice there is no fence, no grass, and TOO many rocks to count.

After - taken today.

Our day also included: a great walk with our pups (they usually bark at everything in site & today were completely happy to be outside) ; a Starbucks break; a shopping trip to Old Navy for Sam; a late lunch/early dinner at Olive Garden; and a full cleaning (vacuum of the living/front room & scrub of the kitchen) of our downstairs. We are so happy to be done with those projects, but we're two tired kids tonight. Hopefully we'll sleep great tonight!

And as an added bonus, here is what my arm looks like after our day in the sun. Oops!