Home Improvement: Front Yard Edition

Wow. It's finished. I'm so excited. Okay, so it's been done for a few weeks, and I'm just a slacker at posting. Such is life. Here's a refresher of what our yard looked like when we bought it:



And...*drumroll please* the finished product:


This is the front left flower bed you can't see in the above photo:




Not too shabby, eh? New flower beds with mow strips, our roses are no longer taking over the front window, new mailbox, grass on the front strip. I love it. One of our favorite evening activities is to lay on the lawn and let the kids jump over/around us and play on the grass. Ahhhh.... home, sweet home!

For those that are interested: more pictures, commentary, and all the in-between here.