So in the month of December, right before the holidays, my husband decides to bull doze our front yard.  I had no idea! After holidays full of orange mud tracked in by the dogs, and about 8 months of not knowing how things would turn out, the wall is finished!  It was a ton of work, a lot of it in the heat of the summer.  It looks great and we are still married!  lol.  Here is the before and after: