our new backyard.

For the past 3 years our backyard has looked something like this. So...for Mother's Day, I asked Matt for a new backyard. I was sick of the mudpit.

He happily said yes (well..with a little convincing) and worked his butt off for 2 weekends tearing out the old grass and prepping for some new sod.

This is what it looked like after weekend #1.Carter probably spent about 8 hours straight just watching. He had a chance to "help" for a while, but we quickly realized he was a better supervisor from the inside!71 strips of sod, lots of sweat, digging in dirt and a little help from Matt's Dad (okay, a LOT of help) and ta-da! Our beautiful backyard! We still need to finish some landscaping but for now it's pretty darn good. It was the perfect Mother's Day gift!