Backyard renovation

Not craft related, but this is what we got up to on the weekend.  Our back fence needs replacing but before we can get that done we need to re-do our retaining wall.  So, all our beautiful roses and gardenias have had to come out - hopefully they will survive their temporary placement until they can be re-planted.  We hired a digger to remove the dirt, thank goodness, but still, by the end of Sunday there were four very tired members of our family.  This is as much as we managed to do this weekend, hopefully we can finish it next weekend.  Today everyone is really feeling their efforts in backs, arms and legs - it even hurts to type.  But as you can see from the photo, Maxx is having a lovely time playing in the dirt.