The backyard is finally finished...basically

Thank you to everyone who came to the rockin' soddin' party on saturday, your help was extremely appreciated. We finished laying the sod in an hour and a half for 6 pallets thanks to everyone that came and helped. Thanks to Ash and Chris and Emily for watching the kids and cooking food which was very good. Thanks to Nate and Matt and a bunch of our great neighbors for helping put the sod in outside. Here are a few shots of the transformation:

After about 5 months of off and on laboring starting with a retaining wall in January and February a deck and sprinklers in April, the garden and now the sod in June, we finally have a usable backyard. The hard labor is done! Hurray! Who needs manual labor anyway?