Okay folks, here they are! First off, here's a few of us working on putting in the huge flower bed on the side. Some of the colors and pictures look weird because that's when our camera was having problems.
Me tearing out sod
Dh showing how after we used the sod cutter, it just lifts up like carpet!
Our neighbors probably LOVED us at this point, I think they wondered what the heck we were up to.
To give a little perspective, here is what the side of the house looked like when we moved in last June:
And here is how it looks now (all the photos taken a couple of weeks ago)
Close ups:
And here's what the front looked like before:
Here's how it looked a couple of weeks ago, it looks better now because the asparagus fern that we cut back is coming out and we planted some other ferns in there.
The front flower bed that I just totally took over and Dh said I could do whatever I wanted with it. How it looked before:
How it looks now:
You can see my angel statue in the last one.