Okay so I am going to try once again to post the pictures of the backyard through the stages of the landscaping process.
Okay so these first two pictures (above) is the day that they came to do the curbing. I was actually hoping to be there but they were gone before I got home from school. As you see we went for the standard and the only thing back there was the trampoline. It actually turned out really nice though although we couldn't go out in the back yard for like 2 days afterward while it dried to avoid any accidents that may have ruined the job.
Now about a week after they did the curbing they came out again to do the actual landscaping. Because of my allergies all the plants that we picked had to be ones that wouldn't bloom. So Ryan and I decided to go with a hopbush for all of our shrubs (pictured far left) we put 2 sissoux trees in the far corner of the yard (center picture) and inside the curbing we decided to go for a giant sandbox for Laiken. We figured that since artificial turf was so terribly expensive sand would be the next best thing so that we could be sure that he didn't hurt himself on anything. We also had the landscapers move the trampoline to the far northeast corner of the sandbox to make room for the swing set that we were planning to put back there. I have to say that it was actually kind of interesting watching the guys do this part and I am really glad that I was home for the bulk of it.
Around the outside of the curbing is all rock and shrubs with 3 stepping stones for Laiken to walk on. Now that we have that all finished and the swing set finally arrived Ryan and I decided to brave attempting to put that together this past weekend. It was definitely not an easy task. There was so much wood that our living looked like a lumber yard ad first.
It all worked out though because our neighbor was actually putting a play set up for his son and when he was done he actually we so sweet as to come over and help us get ours going. So we actually worked out a really good system where Ryan and Jarod did most of the physical work and I read them the instructions that were in the manual. These pictures are from day number one. This is when Ryan and Jarod were trying to piece together the first wall of the fort. They actually had a difficult time with this until they found out that they were using the wrong board (did I mention that none of the wood was marked) for the center support. Once that actually was figured out most everything else went pretty smoothly.
Below if you want to see kind of what was going on I have loaded up the first video that I shot that day. I promised Ryan that I wouldn't videotape the whole time so I have little bits and pieces from various stages of the process. After two straight days of working on this we finally got most of the set together. The only things that we still have to complete are the monkey bars, the picnic table and the toy box. When I get home I will be posting an addendum to this blog so you can see the play set as it is now with what we have gotten completed. So far I think that it was totally worth all the work that it took to get it together.
Okay so these first two pictures (above) is the day that they came to do the curbing. I was actually hoping to be there but they were gone before I got home from school. As you see we went for the standard and the only thing back there was the trampoline. It actually turned out really nice though although we couldn't go out in the back yard for like 2 days afterward while it dried to avoid any accidents that may have ruined the job. 
Now about a week after they did the curbing they came out again to do the actual landscaping. Because of my allergies all the plants that we picked had to be ones that wouldn't bloom. So Ryan and I decided to go with a hopbush for all of our shrubs (pictured far left) we put 2 sissoux trees in the far corner of the yard (center picture) and inside the curbing we decided to go for a giant sandbox for Laiken. We figured that since artificial turf was so terribly expensive sand would be the next best thing so that we could be sure that he didn't hurt himself on anything. We also had the landscapers move the trampoline to the far northeast corner of the sandbox to make room for the swing set that we were planning to put back there. I have to say that it was actually kind of interesting watching the guys do this part and I am really glad that I was home for the bulk of it.
Of course the last pictures of the yard have to be the finished product. I personally feel that the company that did our yard did an excellent job. I am happy that we chose them. But then again you have to check it out for yourself so here it is.
Around the outside of the curbing is all rock and shrubs with 3 stepping stones for Laiken to walk on. Now that we have that all finished and the swing set finally arrived Ryan and I decided to brave attempting to put that together this past weekend. It was definitely not an easy task. There was so much wood that our living looked like a lumber yard ad first.
It all worked out though because our neighbor was actually putting a play set up for his son and when he was done he actually we so sweet as to come over and help us get ours going. So we actually worked out a really good system where Ryan and Jarod did most of the physical work and I read them the instructions that were in the manual. These pictures are from day number one. This is when Ryan and Jarod were trying to piece together the first wall of the fort. They actually had a difficult time with this until they found out that they were using the wrong board (did I mention that none of the wood was marked) for the center support. Once that actually was figured out most everything else went pretty smoothly.
Below if you want to see kind of what was going on I have loaded up the first video that I shot that day. I promised Ryan that I wouldn't videotape the whole time so I have little bits and pieces from various stages of the process. After two straight days of working on this we finally got most of the set together. The only things that we still have to complete are the monkey bars, the picnic table and the toy box. When I get home I will be posting an addendum to this blog so you can see the play set as it is now with what we have gotten completed. So far I think that it was totally worth all the work that it took to get it together.
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