Our new house

We've been in our house since the last week in June. Can I just say that I love it?!? It has been soooo exciting to finally (after almost 8 years of marriage and apartments)have a place all our own. We have really enjoyed customizing it during construction and landscaping it from scratch. It keeps changing slowly but surely. When we first moved in, our yard was uneven dirt. Step by step we've done several projects over the last 2 months. First, we got a sprinkler system installed and everything smoothed out. Then we had cement curbing done. Then we added perennial plants (bushes, trees, and a few flowers). Next was planting grass, and call us crazy, but we did that part ourselves. Most people do sod or hydroseed. It's easier, but costly. It would have been about $2500 for sod, and about $650 for hydroseed. Instead, we got a bag of seed and a spreader for $90. We weren't sure about how it would turn out, but we are very pleased. There is a picture of our grass at one week old, 2 weeks old, and today, at 3 weeks old. There were a few places we've replanted--there were a few dry spots where we adjusted the sprinklers, and a few spots that were puddling, so we had to put more dirt, then more seed. We have plans for more plants in the flower bed by the house--my dad owns some nurseries, and we traded labor (before Ty got his dental license) for plants. There are a few things we can't get till fall--they have to be dug up from the ground when they are dormant. I also plan on doing bulbs and annuals in the flower beds beneath the tree, and in the empty rectangular bed, but it's too late in the season this year, so next year.