Now that summer is almost in the air, this is one season we all look forward to. Here in Calgary, almost 3/4's of the year is Winter. I mean from Fall, to Winter, to Spring -- Calgary is one city in Canada where you can see snow coupled with super frost-biting coldness during these 3 seasons. And only Summer is the excemption. And for the past 3 years that I have been living here, I get excited whenever Summertime is coming. Although, my favorite season is Spring but you can do so much during Summer that you will "keep" with you during the Winter months of just plainly staying home and wondering when summer is coming again.
This particular summer would be a busy one. I started with some renovations in our backyard. When we bought our house, it comes with a very spacious backyard and a nice deck where you can make barbeques while catching up with some friends. But this year, since Ella is already fond of playing outside the house, it would be a perfect time to beautify our backyard and to start off, we had someone build our fence for us. It took some time to finish it but it was worth every wait and money. And I feel safer that we had this fence and it will somehow keep future intruders out of our property.
Now, our next project is putting up the sod (or what you call the grass). Noel and I decided to do it on our own. We just need to order a free cut "carpet" grass and top soil to go with it. Prepping our lawn is quite a challenge but at least, it is something that my hubby and I can do as our "bonding" time.
Noel is also planning to put some pebbles in our front lawn and some pave stones to go with it and some flowers to add beauty and a good size Gazebo just parallel to our deck but let's see. We don't want to just spend our summer fixing our backyard or front yard and not having some time for ourselves for a short and sweet vacation. Obviously summer is really fun and a "precious" time of the year here in Canada and we want to make the most of it as well.
Since hubby is still at work, Ella and I decided to explore our deck and backyard for some mommy and daughter summer bonding.
This particular summer would be a busy one. I started with some renovations in our backyard. When we bought our house, it comes with a very spacious backyard and a nice deck where you can make barbeques while catching up with some friends. But this year, since Ella is already fond of playing outside the house, it would be a perfect time to beautify our backyard and to start off, we had someone build our fence for us. It took some time to finish it but it was worth every wait and money. And I feel safer that we had this fence and it will somehow keep future intruders out of our property.
Now, our next project is putting up the sod (or what you call the grass). Noel and I decided to do it on our own. We just need to order a free cut "carpet" grass and top soil to go with it. Prepping our lawn is quite a challenge but at least, it is something that my hubby and I can do as our "bonding" time.
Noel is also planning to put some pebbles in our front lawn and some pave stones to go with it and some flowers to add beauty and a good size Gazebo just parallel to our deck but let's see. We don't want to just spend our summer fixing our backyard or front yard and not having some time for ourselves for a short and sweet vacation. Obviously summer is really fun and a "precious" time of the year here in Canada and we want to make the most of it as well.
Since hubby is still at work, Ella and I decided to explore our deck and backyard for some mommy and daughter summer bonding.
