Extreme Landscaping

Andy and I made a trip back to Ohio this past weekend, which as always was a whirlwind but well worth it. We came into town to photograph the wedding of our friends Aaron and Maria who we know from school, so that was wonderful! We also were able to do the senior pictures of our good friend Martin. Beyond both of those photo shoots we also had a chance to see family and friends and talk about our own wedding which is less than a year away now.

Officially- the wedding will be September 18, 2010! So mark your calenders! Save the dates and offical invites will be coming soon so keep an eye out!

Also, getting to walk the yard and see all the yard work my parents continue to do was amazing! We got to have Andy's parents, Fran and Joe, over for dinner at the house friday night and it was wonderful to talk about plans and look at the site of the wedding. We are so excited! Here are some photos from this past trip of the yard, look how quickly things are changing! -Rachel


The hill by the driveway which was cleared of trees and bushes and has now been replanted

The planter at the end of the garden now filled with flowers


looking at the tree we're going to be married under from the driveway


another view of our tree and the garden from the driveway

Looking down the stairs which the old rock has now been removed from and my dad is pouring concrete steps in their place, which are beautiful!

A closer look at the steps, my dad is decorating each one with patterns of stone and bricks

Looking back up toward our tree and the newly replanted hill


looking out from the tree down the valley, which has been cleared out a ton!


Another view of our tree (that's Dan by the way getting into a lot of these pictures)


The tennis court where we're going to pitch the tent for the reception!


Another view of the tent location, we're going to be doing some more tree trimming etc.


On the tennis court looking toward the pool and the storage building (which is going to be our bar!)


My dad looking at all the clearing that he and my mom did around the fence of the pool (making a better path from the house to the tennis court (reception area)


Another close up of the stairs my dad is working on


The path that has been cleared around the outside of the pool fence as a path to the tennis court (reception area)


Another view of the tennis court