New Backyard & New Vision!

Home Depot has now officially been added on as one of my favorite stores! It seriously IS the Toys R' Us for grown-ups, haha!

Matt and I began the grueling process of fixing up our apartment backyard. Why did we wait so long? Well... it's hard to put money into something you don't own, but over time, not being able to BBQ or entertain in the backyard outgrew the fact that we only rent the space.

Now let me tell you the history of the backyard. When we first moved in, we had a tree right outside our sliding glass door. One random day, we came home to find that the tree had been cut down - we guessed this was to prevent further damage to the backyard wall and fence. It was kind of sad, since it was a nice shade tree, and the only nice part of our backyard.

Now the other side of the yard was absolutely awful. The entire area was a dirt patch full of weeds, a tree stump that refused to stop growing, you could tell that grass had once been there, and worst of all... it smelled like dog pee.

A couple of months ago we finally had the property manager take out the growing stump, and so began our work! I spent a day trying to level out the backyard dirt to the best of my ability. Once that was done, Matt and I went to Home Depot to price out and look at pavers. We found some we liked, and started laying them out.

And... the FINAL PRODUCT!

We then finished the rest of the backyard by planting a garden, and getting our first BBQ! The garden has Gerbera Daisies, carrots, tomatoes, chilies, rosemary and basil planted. Now we're just keeping our fingers crossed that everything grows! :)

Aside from the backyard, we have a bit of other news! Matt finally was able to get laser eye surgery last Friday! The whole thing went really well, and his latest eye-exam said he now has 20/20 vision! It is incredibly exciting, since he has worn glasses since he was a kid. We can only thank God for all these blessings!

What's also exciting is that we will be driving up to northern California next weekend for Sarah and Joe's wedding. It's going to be wonderful!