Back Yard

I decided to post some pictures of the back yard going in. Tom Smith (Max and Sherry Shelton's son-in-law) has been doing alot of work around the house this summer and also helping for the job in Ft, Yukon. So he and his wife, Chrystal, and Daniel Ridenour (a guy from our church) were out there putting the seed, fertilizer and water on the lawn. Chrystal is watering in this picture.

The light patch on the top left of the picture is where we are planning to put a swing set/playground-type area with pea gravel for the kids. The trampoline is straight back behind the largest white tree.

Here is what the front of the house looks like now. Hopefully in about 10 days or so I can post a picture that has a nice green lawn. We also plan to plant a few birch trees in the lawn as well, but that will need to be in the late summer or fall.
These are my favorite wild flowers here in Alaska. They are wild roses and they smell delicious but they bloom only about two or three weeks.