After some discussions with the landscape architect (and obviously my wife), we have made some revisions to our overall landscape / pool plan as attached. In summary, the following changes were made:
1) Reduced size of "lower terrace" (ie: the dry side of the swim up bar)
2) Due to the reduced size of lower terrace, the playground (ie: playset) area was moved to the far right side of the rear property.
3) Due to the playground area being moved from behind the detached garage, it freed up space for a flex space (we are still determining whether we want artificial turn or good ol' Fescue). The thought is we could use this space for the kids to run around while they are young, set-up a badminton net, corn hole, etc.
We would welcome any feedback. We feel we are getting pretty close to moving to the next step in the design process which is picking out specific materials, finishes, etc.
Thanks in advance!