Green With Envy- the Mega Post

To Whom it may concern:

We are tired and sore from all the hard work, but we would like to announce the completion of the mega lawn project (not that our lawn is mega, but the project was). It all started with a lot of red rock with a bunch of weeds...

Then, of course you remember, we knocked down the impeding pillars and moved the chemical hut.

Next was moving tons and tons and tons of rock. We were thankful for all the good help and grandpa's backhoe (that was the kids' favorite part of the whole thing for sure).

Even harder work came with the trenching when Mike decided he could hack it on his own. We lost a couple kids and a dog a few times in those trenches (boy were they deep!).

Mike also did the whole automatic sprinkler system on his own. His plans were impeccable, with color-coded stations and a compass-drawn map of how far the sprinklers would spray. We have triple coverage, and only have to turn them on for 5 minutes to have an inch of water (perhaps slightly exaggerated).

A man... a manifold... a masterpiece!

After so much work, Adelyn, our thoughtful prayer giver, asked that we could have more rocks to shovel. We laughed at the time, but should have been prepared for what was next. When Mike started trenching the backyard, he was not shoveling dirt, but rocks. Apparently our backyard is an old river bed wash and it was crazy full of rocks and rocks. One great story to emphasize how rock-filled this place was starts with my own desire to move one of the trees closer to the back fence to give us more play room. Mike chose a prime piece of property for the relocation and started digging. Of course, he hit rocks, and soon enough, we had called my brothers to help us remove 3 big rocks, 2 of which were officially boulder-sized. I did get my tree moved!

It was such a great feeling to start laying sod.! We finished a couple hours after we started and have a beautiful green (patchy for now) lawn, which is soon-to-be the envy of the neighborhood.