Tomahawk Projects...Besides Adoption

Adoption is not the only thing that Mike and I enjoy.  :)  While we wait for our sweet boy, we (mostly meaning me) find lots of ways to get into trouble around the house.  This spring, I had the crazy idea that I wanted a flower garden across the back of the yard.  How hard can this be, right?  HA!  Mike was agreeable to this project seeing as our weeds were taking over his well manicured lawn.  With visions of beauty in our hearts and ignorance in our heads...we began the project...

...this is our yard before 3 pallets of brick, 20 bags of sand, 24 cubic yards of dirt, lots of rain, a little snow, and LOTS of helpful hands from my family...

...and...drum roll please...the final project!!!  Beautiful right?  Missing something??

...yes,  we neglected to realize that we needed LOTS and LOTS of dirt to fill in our "garden".  So this was delivered to our house (on the hottest weekend of the summer)...

...it turns out that 2 dump trucks of dirt is a LOT of dirt...24 TONS of dirt to be exact.  With the gracious help of family and friends, we managed to move all of this dirt in a single weekend.  In case you were wondering, we used wheelbarrows and manpower, not a Bobcat...despite the helpful advice given to us by multiple random strangers who stopped by to admire (and laugh) at our pile.  I have to say that our pups were especially helpful in our process...

...they were primarily supervisors on this "bathroom renovation" as Zoey called it.  But, in the end, it was all worth it and we LOVE our new garden!!  Now the fun begins!!

...THE FINAL PRODUCT!!!

...Zoey adding the final touches to her bathroom renovation...

...the first fruit of my new garden!!  I transplanted 3 Rose of Sharon bushes this spring thinking they wouldn't survive and here we are at the end of the summer enjoying their beautiful flowers!!