Lesees Don't Shovel Rocks

When we toured the home that we would later call our own, the atrium looked like this:

When we moved in the atrium looked like this:

Rachel gave me the job of clearing out the old rocks and dirt, and then strongly recommended I add landscaping material, paver base, paver sand, sealing sand, and three car loads of new stone.

It was a tremendous use of the weekend and I am now the proud owner of the tamping tool / toddler stripper pole featured above.