This is what the ground looked like before we started preparing it for the memorial pavers.

We used the tractor to dig down about six inches before adding the sand base.

Our friend, Susan using our handmade tamper. Sometimes you have to improvise! : )

We had no idea how many steps were involved in making a paver stone pathway! Here’s the scribe that we made to make sure everything was level.

A few hundred pounds of sand made up the next layer.

After smoothing out the sand layer, we arranged the first row for the walkway.

Deacon was thrilled to get a ride on the big green trailer that we used to bring the paver stones to the site.

Susan tapped the stones into place, one by one.

By the following day, Susan was over halfway through!

We had a few empty spots and eventually filled in the small squares on the ends with beautiful animal graphics and heart stones.

The memorial walkway came out so beautifully. Susan did a wonderful job and we love seeing all the names of so many beloved pets every day. Since we ran out of room, we started a new memorial walkway in our cemetery which has an infinite amount of space for adding new stones.