New Patio

Back in September, Katie and I started working on our new patio. We dug a 20' by 15' hole next to our existing patio, expecting that we'd be able to get the new patio built by Thanksgiving. It took us a few weeks to get the hole dug and flat, and then in late October, we had all the materials delivered for the patio. At that point, it hadn't rained in about six months, and the backyard was totally dry.

It rained a little the day we had the materials delivered. It turns out that it takes about two weeks for our backyard to dry out enough to do any work back there. We know this because, from the day we had the materials delivered in October to early February it rained about every two weeks. So we didn't get to do any more work on it for about three and a half months.

We finally got to start working on it again, and it hasn't rained since, so we finally got it finished this morning. We're pretty excited about it. We can finally have a nice place to eat and hang out outside. We've got a lot of other plans for the backyard that we'll work on over the next few years, but getting the patio done is a huge accomplishment. It was a lot of hard work, but it's going to be worth it.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of the patio. See if you can pick out the homage to my heritage.











And here are some pictures of the patio with the nice patio furniture my parents bought us for Christmas.