June was a busy month for us. Lindsey and I photographed a couple different weddings, and we started a huge landscaping project in our backyard. To start with we replaced a retaining wall that was poorly built by the builder. The existing wall was made of natural rock and wasn’t constructed tall enough. By replacing it with a block wall we gained about 250 square feet of backyard, and it should prevent the hill from eroding more. And it gave me a good reason to rent an excavator and dump truck, which are fun.



I moved all the rocks.


Mike carefully put them in the truck.



Avery riding with me to the quarry.





Mostly finished wall.

Now we’re in the process of installing sprinklers and new grass.