Fairy Gardens

So, we have been working out in the yard a bunch the past 2 weekends.  We are really focused on getting both the front and the back looking good this year.  Even though we have been in this house 2 full summers.....we haven't done as much as we wanted to.

The first summer, my foot was broke!!!  And last summer, we were busy being pregnant, and having a newborn, so not a lot of yard work was happening.

The back doesn't look that bad, we had that sodded 2 years ago, and it looks decent (at least until we do major changes, like ripping off the deck)......but the front yard is pitiful!  The previous owners liked the bark dust look.....I mean seriously....there is nothing in the front yard, except for some over grown bushes right next to the house....here is a picture from when we first bought it.....the previous owners liked their landscaping "high and tight."

We have let the bushes go....it is like wild kingdom up in this joint!!!  So, we are biting the bullet and getting a landscaping designer to come to our house.  She will measure everything, talk to us about our ideas, and then go and develop a total plan for the whole front of the house.  We will do the work ourselves, but at least we will have a professional tell us what to do....

In the meantime, little Mo, has designed some of her own gardens, for the fairies....we gave her these old tubs....

This is where the fairies live..

This is their river hide-away...

And their playground...

Pretty fancy digs for a bunch of fairies!

The girls....

Who can resist pictures of our cutie-pies......just some random ones taken over the last several weeks.