Patio

We have decided to use one of our last weeks of "freedom" (vacation from school) to add a patio to the back of our house. This morning we had a small square wood "deck" that was originally built for a hot tub. Below is the "before" photo.

We had a large stump in the back yard that we decided to get rid of. We thought this would be a morning project, but it turned out to be a huge stump underneath. It took us all day to get it out of the ground! Finally the truck was put into action and with hours of shoveling and axing it came out.

The pavers and pattern are picked out and ready to be delivered on Thursday afternoon from Columbia Block in Wenatchee. For now, we are preparing the area by removing excess dirt and tomorrow we hope to fill the area with an even layer of sand.

It was a long day of shoveling dirt in the hot Cashmere sun. We are not looking forward to the 98* weather tomorrow, hopefully we can get most of the grunt work done in the morning and evening. Hopefully there will be a "after" photo displayed on Thursday or Friday!