Yard work, take two

When we bought our house two years ago, the yard looked like this:

We seeded the front and back yard shortly after closing on our home, and the front yard started to look decent.  The back yard?  Well, let me just say I'm glad we have a fence.  Here is a photo that, when zoomed, gives you an idea of what we were dealing with.  The fence is all the way stained now, by the way. :)

It has gotten a little better, but Kevin and I knew we were going to have an uphill battle (pun intended!).

As of this weekend, the backyard looks like this:

We rototilled the back yard.  The grass to weeds ratio was not great, so we thought it would be helpful to start over since we are getting sprinklers.  We will verticut the front and back yard prior to the sprinklers being installed (the end of August), and we are hopeful this will work much better.  The first time we planted, and the subsequent overseedings, we had to use hoses and regular sprinklers.  Oh, the muddy shoe nightmares!

The downside of starting the backyard all over again?

Benton is not happy with us.