Drum Roll Please...

I know, you've been sitting on pins and needles waiting for the pictures of our new grass.  No?  Oh, well - you're going to have to look at them anyway!

First, here are some pictures that I took while the work was being done:

Putting in the drainage pipes.

More drainage pipes. They went ahead and connected both our downspouts and our foundation drains from our basement while they already had everything dug up.

This is what it looked like when they were done with all the grading.

The 15 tons of compost they brought in. 15 tons doesn't look nearly as much as I thought it would be - it's pretty much just one dump truck load.

After they spread out all the compost, they put down a ton of lime and fertilizer and tilled it all together using a tractor.  Then they went through with rakes and did the "fine grading".  There was a man that we called "bucket boy" because it appeared that his only job while he was here was walking around and picking up all the rocks, roots, and debris out of the dirt before they put the seed down.  Well, when it came time to put down the seed, "bucket boy" went around with his bucket full of seed and flung it around they yard.  By hand.  I thought, "This is crazy - it's going to take forever."  Let me tell you, if you ever need your yard seeded, I'll get you "bucket boy's" number.  That man had some mad skills when it came to throwing down seed.  It was quite impressive.

And after a lot of watering....

Ta-Da!

Look!  No more rocks!

And no more rivers!  Yay!

This picture cracks me up!  I don't think I've ever seen Dylan so happy to cut the grass.  I think he was just happy because now we actually have grass.

We still have to wait another week or two before we put our swing set and trampoline back up, but I can't wait!  The boys will finally be able to play outside on a regular basis and I won't have to keep buying an insane amount of stain stick and laundry detergent.  The way our backyard was a few months ago, if it rained, we had to wait a good 2-3 days before it would be dry enough for us to go outside.  Now, they should be able to go out almost as soon as the sun comes out.  Hooray!

Don't worry - I promise to post something more exciting (or at least cuter) next time!