Spring, Sprang, Sprung

Spring brang with it some of our favorite things to do (and some chores we've been putting off all winter): gardening, backyard beautification, camping, cub scouts, long bike rides before dinner, walking the dogs after dinner when the sun is still out, and lots of gorgeous wild flowers springing up!

We've been very busy with Cub Scouts and with backyard projects. (explanation for the lack of blogging) We had a gazebo built for some shade this summer. We laid sod and just finished sanding down the jacuzzi, to give it a fresh coat of paint. Here are some before and after pictures of the back yard projects, which arent complete yet:

This was how our backyard looked before we started anything. We had a pool and some concrete. Here's the gazebo framed and the grass planted. We still have to stain the frame of the gazebo and hang cutains and sun shades from the sides. We haven't done that yet- that's tomorrow's project. Today, we worked on getting the jacuzzi sanded down, so we can stain it the same color as the gazebo. This is the before picture of the jacuzzi.

This is the outside of the jacuzzi- it's in need of a new cover and some new stain on the wood. We spent all morning sanding it down and now it looks like this:
And now we stain it! Wish us luck. It's fun having home projects when its actually your own home that you are working on!! Now I understand Homeowners Pride!!
I'll update with pictures of the final product to show off all our hardwork. Can't wait for summertime!