Wow... I started this blog and only posted a couple of times... we had just moved here.  I went back to find more photos of that time.  You forget things.  I will post new pictures... 3 years later.  The progress and the improvements that we have made (at least I think they are improvements)  In these "before" pictures note the fences, the grass, the deck, the general appearance.  Remember too that these were taken in early June.