Fixing the yard

saturday we got motivated again and started cleaning up the front yard we tore out the two lilac bushes and transplanted one of them to another part of the yard. the big one had termites and ant that had eaten most of the root system . we decided to get really ambitious and dig up the old patio and move it by the garage so we would have a little more privacy. That area will now be our bbq pit and rib making area david was really excited so was I. Evia was trying to be helpful and help move small rocks she was also playing peekaboo from the front porch. The other day she conquered her fear of going down stairs and would climb up and down them while we were working. Another cute thing evia would do she would pick up dirt in her hand and move it somewhere else like david was doing with the shovel. but once she realized her hands were muddy she would start whimpering and reach out her hands to have me wipe them off. We also have grape hyacynths and tulips starting to sprout  and evia would go up to the flowers bend down  and say "tickle ,tickle" while she was running her fingers over the leaves,so she was tickling the flowers it was so cute.

And while david was leveling the ground for the concrete slabs I was digging them up and moving them over to him, I also dug up the borders that contain the gardens I did not get to pressure washing them yet or resetting them up the way we wanted.

I did not get a finshed shot of the patio befoire david  civered it with some of the construction ,materials but here is what it looks like he also made a window well and he started to fill up the hole where the old patio was. It was so nice to hit the grinding stone hard again and get something accomplished.