the outside

 I hope all you Mamas had a great day yesterday!  

I know I did.  I spent it laying pea-stone...

 Our backyard has been a dirt pile since we ripped the old sunroom off and I was fed up with how much sand and filth was being tracked in.  I told my husband we have to finish the patio and put some stone down ASAP.  Well it turns out if wanted it done I would have to do it myself.  So I grabbed a pick axe and hummed "Hi-Ho" and leveled the area last week

 It took 3 days, totally sucked, but I tried to think of all the calories I burned.

My husband finished it up by making sure it was graded level and I planted some shrubs...

 Then for Mother's Day I got just what I wanted.

10 tons of pea-stone!

 And the party started...

Landscaping fabric was laid down to keep the weeds out, and stone was dumped.

 It was hard, I am pooped, but it is shaping up...

 Kid's even helped...

 Still have the area around the beds to finish and some edging to do, as well as trying to decide how I am gonna layout out the furniture and plants...

 but I already christened it last night with a bottle of wine.

Be back with some real "done" pictures at the end of the week!

(I also have some garden magic I am working on along the fence)

Right now I need to let my arms recover.