My front yard

To say I been looking forward to having a front yard is a understatement! I was so tired of looking out and just seeing dirt for the last 5 years. Well after lots of work and lots and lots of help from friends I am pleased to show you the progression of my new yard.

This first picture is a before picture. Nothing but dirt.

I also had to get a picture of Keith working on our new fence! (:
When I took this picture it was the start of us working on clearing out the weeds and getting the dirt moved around. When we first stared it was just the two of us then Keith's friend Noah came by to help. After he showed up our neighbor down the street came over with his tractor and told us to use it. We were so grateful for the help and such great friends. Here Eli is in the drivers seat he and Mckenna loved having a ride with Dad.
Keith and Noah got my red brick all laid out and now it was time for the rocks.
Mckenna's turn to drive with Dad. The kids in the back are Noah's two girls and Eli.

After a few hours another one of our good friends, Jason came over in his TRACTOR! He saved us so many hours of work by moving rocks and all the dirt for my flower bed.
This is just a picture showing all the hard work the boys did.
A few days later we had a truck come and dump compost into our yard. The boys that are in this picture are some boys in our ward. They were at our house with their parents roasting a pig in our back yard. That story is for another day. (: These boys were awesome. We kept telling them they didn't have to work but they kept at it and helped us so much.
Just some more compost. We had a big dump truck dump the first load and then another small truck dump this load.
Here all the compost is all spread out. We needed all this compost because Keith sent in a soil sample to the University of Wyoming and they sent us back a letter telling us that we have very bad soil. We weren't surprised but they called us and told us the steps we would need to take in order to remedy our sad soil. I was happy to know that all we needed to do was add 2 inches of compost and then rota till it about 3-5 inches deep.
I didn't get any pictures of Keith rota tiling the dirt. It would have been a funny picture too because it was windy that day and a little rainy. Keith looked a mess. I also don't have pictures of the trenches that Keith and my Dad dug for the sprinkler system. Also I was in Utah when the grass showed up and so I don't have any pictures of the sod being laid. What can I say I really am no good at this but I do have these two pictures of the finished product. Drum roll please...

Thanks to all our friends and to Dad for all the hard work that you put into helping us have this wonderful new yard! Thank you Keith for making it happen. I LOVE IT!