We started our backyard!

We finally moved dirt in our backyard! We thought we would start be getting the side yard ready to cage in the chickens, so that we would want to be in our backyard. It was a fun Saturday because the kids played in the dirt all day (and my house showed it by the time we were done).





Kalley has no qualms about getting dirty, as you can tell. She was making a dirt angel, that is what us Arizonians have to use instead of snow. Here is where the real worked happened. Patrick rented a little tractor, (I am sure that it has a real name but they are all tractors to us - right girls?) otherwise known as a big boy toy. He had fun moving the dirt. Then we had to start building the retaining wall. Here he is getting it all laid out so that the wall would be straight. This is where I start to get impatient. I am grateful that he knows how to think these things through. I would of had a very sad looking wall by the time I was done - Thank goodness for men! This is going to be a long process, since the majority of our backyard will need a retaining wall, but it is exciting to see it taking shape.