Yard Work!

We have been in heaven the last few days. Decorating the inside of our home is no where near as fun as working on the outside of our home. The weather has been perfect and best of all we have been able to get alot of yard work done! I almost forgot how much fun yard work actually is (no joke, we really love it). Troy could barely hold himself back from running outside Saturday morning and getting his hands dirty. The kids love being outside and especially having so much yard to run around. I told Troy the other day that I hardly see the kids anymore. The prior owner did a beautiful job with the yard but because the property has been vacant for a long while there are plenty of leaves, apricot seeds, and weeds that need to be cleaned up.

Check out my little sassy girl, Alyia.

My favorite part of our backyard. The previous owner built trellises that are wrapped with grapevines and clear lights. I can't wait to turn on the lights at night during a family get together. Im sure it will be beautiful!

We have two apricot trees in our yard. They are beautiful! It's kind of hard to see one in this photo but if you look closely it is on the right corner of the picture below. Sadly, Troy is planning on ripping that tree out...tear:(:( He is planning on replacing that beautiful, mature apricot tree with a big metal basketball hoop! and a huge slab of cement for out basketball court. Of course that wont happen for awhile but It's still a sad thought. Im sure my kids will enjoy the basketball court and I guess.... so will I. We have plenty of large mature trees in our yard that Im sure I will quickly get over the lose of one.