"Microwave" lawn

Ahhh, I can now breathe a HUGE sigh of relief. Our back yard is (mostly) finished! For those of you who have not had the pleasure of seeing what our back yard has looked like up until today here you go:

This morning we had TONS of sod delivered. We worked our tails off for six hours. We had the help of Jeff parents, Curtis, who helped with the MANual labor, and Teresa, who help with the boys. Thanks you guys are the B.E.S.T.!
Pretty "microwave" lawn (cuz' it's quick) The back area where we didn't put sod is where we are going to put Mason and Cooper's future swing with either rock, sand, or bark and hopefully a shed some day (in the back left corner).
We thought we got just enough to do the back yard, but as it turned out, (and I'm glad it did) we over calculated and had enough to put sod on the south side of the house as well. We were originally going to put rock on both sides of the house, but this side gets sun all day so we said why not.

Last weekend, Jeff put together these fabulous garden boxes for me. Aren't they beautiful? Good job Jeffery! Now for the planting!

Last Friday I dug down into our rocky ground so that the frame for Mason and Cooper's dirt/sand box would be level with the patio. Jeff's dad helped me nail together the frame and set it into place.