Almost done

Our house was a fixer-upper when we bought it.
We've remodeled both bathrooms and the kitchen early on.
We have been working on the yard since.
Our yard was completely dirt and weeds.
We have been making gradual improvements as our time and $ allowed.
We still had this area of dirt that would fill with weeds.
So I though why don't we Just extend our patio (a small 10’ X 10’ section).
We ended up (by the time John finished planning) tearing out all the railroad ties,
hauling out tons of dirt, pouring 5 tons of concrete, and laying a 2’ retaining block wall. (Soon to build a shed also)
A huge change from my plan but now that it’s almost done it looks amazing.
I can’t find the pictures from our yard before (when we bought the house) but here are some of the progress.




We still have to stucco the wall and lay mulch. It’s going to be great.





Also, an update on Jarom.
The dermatologist called this morning and she’s got nothing.
The biopsy culture showed nothing so they sent it off to a national lab.
She also took a section to send to a dermatopathologist.
The pathologist said she had never seen anything like it and had no idea what it was.
So she sent it off to another dermatopathologist.
His dermatologist said if they don’t know it could be sent off to another lab and pathologist.
I think that means it could be a while.
Poor kid has spots popping up all over his body now.
Luckily they are slow growing and hopefully won’t get that big before we figure this out.
If they can’t figure it out they will have to cut them all off.
Jarom will love that!
He’s still insisting on wearing a long sleeve shirt to school so the kids don’t make fun of him.
He also won’t let me take out his stitches. He doesn’t believe I’ve taken out lots of stitches before and won’t hurt him.