Swing.

As incentive to finish staining the deck, I talked Adam into buying a swing for our front porch! This was probably a month ago when we were at Lowe's buying stuff for our fire pit. We finally put it together today. It's a beautiful day outside - no clouds, mild heat, and a cool breeze. 

I also got an outside seating area for the other side of the deck (poor picture, but you get the idea).

I found this photo from when we first put an offer on the house. This is what it looked like before we purchased it.

And this is what it looks like now!

 

The strips of weird grass along the sidewalk are grass seeds Adam recently laid. The grass is full of "quack grass" which is rough and weed-like. He's been working hard to kill the bad stuff and grow the good stuff!