Progress.

When we had the trucks deliver our rock for our backyard last January, they completely tore up our side yard. We weren't too upset because we had planned on putting a driveway there someday anyway. It looked so bad, though, that someday became someday soon.

S needed two things: a tractor and a decent weather. Luckily, both came last weekend so he went to work.

Here is a before picture (remember, all of that use to be grass! What a mess...)



Bean is SO into tractors right now. Ever since she got a toy tractor for S's birthday (long story) she has been saying tra-ta nonstop. So imagine her excitement when the real thing was delivered to our house. She watched her daddy work in amazement. Naturally I thought her getting to ride in the real thing would be the Best Thing Ever.



I was wrong. I took some video of her far away but when I came to do a close-up this was the face I saw.



After I took a picture, I rescued her. And once outside the tra-ta her horror turned back into amazement.

Between S and his friend helping, they got the driveway done in two days. Impressive! S laid the sod a few days ago and, other than a few touch ups, it is all done.



I think it looks terrific! S is going to retain the existing flower beds next to the house with some compressed boards and then we get to start planting. I am so very excited!