Back yard

 

When we purchased our home, we bought it with an unfinished back yard. Being in Vegas, when you buy a house brand new, you pretty much never get the back yard landscaped unless you pay the builder to do it, and even then, most of the time they don't even offer that. So we bought the house, with decorative rock in the back yard. We have a decent size back yard, nothing spectacular, but compared to most back yards in Vegas that extend about 10 feet or less before you hit a wall, we got really lucky. So for the past year and a half, our back yard has looked like this

We wanted grass, but per our HOA, we cannot have an irrigation system. Neither Bobby or I have the patience to deal with watering it by hand every day, or even 2 days a week to keep it alive. So, we found some really nice, plush fake grass, that looks better than the real thing. It's thick, and feels nice on your feet. It doesn't look like that silly plastic fake crap. It's nice and long. We also got two planters on each side of the back wall. I want to grow some jalapenos and peppers and tomatoes back there. I have yet to do anything with it, because I'm so busy with the baby (YES I'm writing this SUPER late) but I plan on getting on the ball in the spring once he is old enough to sort of fend for himself ;-)

Ryan has been asking about getting grass in our back yard since we moved in. He was SO happy to get it. We had a sample square in our junk drawer in the kitchen (Doesn't everyone have one of those??) and he would periodically get it out and rub his hand over it and ask 'so, when can I get my grass for the back yard?'. Once the grass was laid, he went out and tried to make grass angles. Ha! too funny this kid is.

So here is the finished product! We have a nice patio area and the middle is just perfect. I'm so happy I get to go outside and just ENJOY my back yard finally! Hubs like it, the kids love it, and the dogs I think secretly love it as well. ;-)