We have grass!

Well after living here for 4 1/2 years we finally have grass in the backyard. I am so excited! Laurel and Roine and their family came out on Thursday to help us level the ground and get some of the sod laid. The kids had fun playing with each other, and us adults worked in the backyard. After awhile I went in the house to rest and ended up making dinner and watching the kids the rest of the time they were over. But Kyle, Laurel and Roine got about 7 rows laid which was so awesome. The next morning when we woke up and opened the blinds I was so happy to see some grass. But when Ethan saw the grass, he was shocked that there was grass in the backyard. I guess he was so busy playing video games with the cousins that he was oblivious to the fact that the grass was being moved to the backyard and spread out. 😛

Friday, Kyle and I worked on laying some more sod, but it was slow going. Kyle’s ankles REALLY don’t like walking around a lot or on uneven ground (like the backyard and grass) and he was in pain from working so much in the backyard. But we would do a few wheelbarrow loads of sod, then go in the house for a popsicle and we would play a level of our video game then get back out there and get back to work. In the afternoon one of our neighbors showed up and offered to help, and that made things go a lot faster. We had sod laid all the way to the back of the area that we are putting grass before dinner time!

The kids just LOVE having grass. I know they shouldn’t be running around on it yet, but I let them go in their little wading pool on the new lawn yesterday since I figured we could just dump the water out onto the lawn when we were done working. That way we watered a portion of the lawn, and the kids got to rinse off which was badly needed after working in the dirt. 😉 We still have a bit of finishing touches to do with the sod before it’s finished, but it’s mostly laid which is so exciting.