Before and After

We decided to have a BBQ on Memorial Day this year. This first family and friends gathering outside at our house this year. Brett and I wanted to spruce up the back patio a little. So I took out the dinky little firepit that was horribly put together by the previous owners. I also wanted to get rid of the BBQ. You can see it behind Brett in this picture. Its the only picture I have. I kick myself when we do big project like this for not taking before and after pictures. It really started on Wednesday when the local scouts came a pulled ivy for us as a service project. They did such a great job. Something that would have taken me weeks, they did in a hour. So I took out the BBQ because the wood was completly rotted. The wood was the easy part. Getting the rock in concrete off was another thing. Luckily, we have a sledgehammer and I'm not afraid to use it! So that was saturday after Brett helped me clean up my mess. This morning we power washed everything. We noticed when the BBQ use to be there was names written in the concrete. I always knew there was some kind of waterfall type thing with the rocks behind. Upon further investigation we saw what looked like a border where they took the rocks away. But after finding the names we fingured out they FILLED IN THE POND! So we busted out the concrete and shoveled out about 2 feet deep of dirt. Its about 7-8 feet across. It really didn't take us long. We did find a drain but it was also filled with concrete but thats ok, because we fixed it. We bought a pump, cleaned out the pond a little more and BAM! We have another pond! YEAH WE ARE AWESOME!!Before (its behind Brett)
After!

Its not this dirty anymore, and its painted a light blue also that's coming off so it looks a little weird. It's funny that Brett and I do they projects that just happen to come up. I LOVE IT!!