This weekend was a big weekend for our yard! We finally have trees planted! All day Saturday Mike, Dave, Weston, my dad, and Guy
de Lijster worked on planting about 23 trees and shrubs. The trees are all from Dave's tree nursery, Red Barn Nursery, which he owns and operates out in Boring, OR. Weston LOVED being out with the men on Saturday. I watched him walk around with a huge smile from ear to ear all day long. He even got to go to lunch with the men and eat
barbecue (a very manly lunch)! At the end of the day he was covered from head to toe in sticky mud and was soaked to the skin. It is so valuable for him to
role model the men working hard and just being men!
I am so excited to see all the trees bloom and leaf out!
The next step is to pray we'll get some dry weather so we can grade and level the ground to plant the grass. We'll keep you posted on our progress!
This red tree is very interesting. It's called a Phoenix Dogwood.
The two trees on the corners are different varieties of Dogwoods and the two in the center are varieties of maples (Dave knows exactly what they are, but I can't remember). You can barely see we planted a Japanese Maple up by the front doors.
Here you can see the retaining wall we've built. Before the retaining wall there was just an odd mound right in the middle of the front yard. This was quite the project as each large stone weighs almost 100 lbs. and each small capstone weighs 40 lbs.
I took this photo so we can see the before and after of our grass planting project. Weston doesn't want grass as he thinks the mud is so fun to play in! You can also see we eventually need to replace the fence in the backyard. Part of it already fell down in a strong wind and the guys had to patch it back up for now. Our neighbors also have pit bull/mix puppies. The lady called them lab mix, but it's obvious they are part pit. I laughed and said to Julie, "Oh good, they're only part pit bull! That means they'll only take a bite out of our children instead eating them whole!" Another very good reason to build a sturdy fence!
This red tree is very interesting. It's called a Phoenix Dogwood.
The two trees on the corners are different varieties of Dogwoods and the two in the center are varieties of maples (Dave knows exactly what they are, but I can't remember). You can barely see we planted a Japanese Maple up by the front doors. 
Here you can see the retaining wall we've built. Before the retaining wall there was just an odd mound right in the middle of the front yard. This was quite the project as each large stone weighs almost 100 lbs. and each small capstone weighs 40 lbs. 
