| If you are one of the lucky people in life | | | | backyard into good use. We brainstormed ideas |
| that is blessed with having a backyard | | | | about the different ways that we could |
| outside your home, then enjoy it. Use your | | | | transform our backyard into a place that we |
| back yard, make it into a favorite place for | | | | all enjoyed spending time in. |
| you, your family and your friends to spend | | | | |
| time. After all, not everyone has the | | | | Our brainstorming session led to many changes |
| privilege of having a great backyard to spend | | | | in our backyard. My husband and I had always |
| time in. | | | | wanted to garden, so we set aside part of the |
| | | | backyard and began making preparations for |
| If you have ever lived in an apartment or an | | | | having a vegetable garden. It was a thrill |
| inner city than you know how great it is to | | | | for us to actually see one of dreams come |
| have even a little bit of property to call | | | | true right on our own property. We read up on |
| your own. You know how fun it can be to have | | | | gardening and asked for tips from our |
| space to play or relax or garden. You know | | | | gardening friends. Within two seasons we had |
| that a backyard can be one of the greatest | | | | a small but successful vegetable garden that |
| places on earth. | | | | was one of the proudest spots in our |
| | | | backyard. |
| I have grown to love my backyard so much | | | | |
| because it holds so much potential for me and | | | | Our children requested a fire pit so that we |
| my family. It is a small plot of the earth | | | | could enjoy bonfires and making smores on |
| just to be used by me and the ones I love. | | | | cool summer nights. We did a little research |
| Because I know that not many people in the | | | | and installed a great fire pit on one side of |
| world have a space to call their own, I have | | | | our backyard. It became a gathering place for |
| really learned to make the most of the | | | | many of our friends and family members |
| backyard I have. | | | | throughout the spring, summer and even fall |
| | | | months. Many special conversations were had |
| For the first few years our family had a | | | | around that fire pit and it too became one of |
| backyard we did little with it other than mow | | | | the best parts of our backyard. |
| the grass. That all changed, however, after a | | | | |
| family meeting we held one Saturday | | | | Regardless of the state of your backyard now, |
| afternoon. I guess it was my husband's idea, | | | | take some time to brainstorm with your own |
| I cannot really remember, but I just know | | | | family and make your backyard a great place |
| that we decided as a family to put our | | | | for years to come. |