Front Yard Landscaping: After Photos

I promised better pictures of our post-makeover yard, and even though I want to add a few more flowers to the mulched area, it's looking a lot better! I planted the impatients after Jesse got home last night and then he laid mulch over the entire area. By the time we got started, Drew had arrived for Sunday Monday Dinner, so he pitched in by sweeping up the mess after we finished and watering everything for the first time. Everything looks so bright and clean now, and it makes me very happy tonight!

As a reminder, here are the pictures of our yard before we got started this weekend:

And after several hours of digging, planting and mulching here's what we ended up with:

And here's Drew on clean-up:

Thanks for helping, Drew!

After another 95-degree day (DC has been under a heat advisory for the last few days - unbelievable for May!), I went back out to water again after work tonight. Everything still looks great and I can't wait for the impatients to bloom (I think I'm a little to impatient for impatients!)

It's such a great feeling to be proud of our lawn ... now I just need to keep it all alive! 

I'll leave you with a few close-ups of our pretty blooms. :)

Ooooohhh .....

{Does anyone know what this is? We can't figure it out!}

Aaahhhh ...