Backyard Makeover: Summer Lovin'

Had me a blast.

The thing I love most about living in San Marcos is our summer nights.

It can get hotter than hot here in the summer.

But the nights always cool down to perfection.

We spend a ton of time out here in the summer.

Our house is not big,

so if we want to have people over,
we end up in the backyard.

For the past couple of days we've been cleaning up the backyard
 all of the toys & junk & getting it ready for summer.

Of course I forgot to take the before pictures.

But, trust me, it was a mess.

We bought a new patio set after church on Sunday.

Darryl's parents helped us set it up and put up the canopy and haul off tons of junk.

We organized the outside toys & put up a little umbrella in the sand box.

We got a new swing.

New flowers. (My favorite part, of course)

Added pillows & candles.

And voila... a whole new backyard.

Here are some more ideas I'd love to get to this summer.

Happy Summer!