We decided to bite the bullet and get our patio slab extended. Our first home in Houston had an awesome covered back patio with a ceiling fan and room to sit, play, have plants, anything we wanted. It really was one of the main selling points when we were buying and selling the house. So when we moved to Dallas, Garet and I loved our new house, but knew we would eventually want to make the backyard into exactly what we wanted. Phase one was to make that tiny patio you see in the before picture bigger.
We had a few people come and give us quotes and one company gave us a price we couldn't pass up.
Caleb felt the need to supervise while Carson and Daddy moved the sand box.
They framed it up with two by fours, and placed the grid of re-bar, then waited on the cement truck. I should have taken a picture, but while waiting, a small sided soccer game occurred in our backyard.
It was wheel barreled into the backyard while the crew was on the clock. Garet has never seen men wheel that fast in his life.
5 hours after they started, this was the finished project.
We wanted to do the boy's hand prints, but they were both taking naps, and if you have children you know you don't wake them up from weekend naps :) So stamped with the family nap and year was the way to go.
It's amazing how much we have already been out there more because of it and now phase two (it being covered) is on our brains. It won't happen anytime soon, but I'm already thinking about all the wonderful things we will be able to do once we get to.
