Stage 1

On Saturday we began the saga of putting in our yard. Step one was leveling out the yard. Luckily my brother-in-law Liam is quite the farmer, and he volunteered his tractor. So he came up and tilled the whole yard (including the garden and the truck-load of manure Tyler and I spread on the garden) for us. Then he leveled it out with a rake (which is attached to the back of the tractor in the below picture). After lunch Gem even got to ride the tractor!


Step two is sprinklers. We took a drawing of our house down to a do-it-yourself sprinkler place and they are going to draw a design, and make up a parts list for us, but it is going to be pretty darn expensive. However, on the upside we should be able to get it installed in the next couple of weeks, so everything is moving along rather quickly, which is how I like it.

Levi didn't get to go outside and play with any dirt or the tractor. He just had to watch out the window. Tyler got a couple of pictures showing how eager Levi was to watch the tractor out of the window.