The backyard....DAY 2

These first few pictures are actually from the first day....I forgot to upload them, but Adam really wanted me to take pictures of him out on the culverts.

Jude just wanted to be sure he could still get his daily dose of the trampoline!!!
Adam told me we need to have a party and invite all our friends over so they could see our "COOL" backyard!!

Now to start day 2!!! The guys got to work early pulling the culverts out!! I could even feel the ground shaking from inside the house as they pulled them out! I took the first few pictures from inside the house cause I didn't want to get in the way.





Our fence had to be taken apart because it's support was being rip out, so our backyard was available for all to see as they drove by. We brought lots of entertainment for our neighbors today!!




There was a catch basin here, but they guys had to bust it out! It was totally useless and actually sending water back into our yard...nice :)


All of this water was flowing UNDER our culverts making it's own path. Tomorrow they will have to pump this water out and make it flow a different way till they can get the new culverts in and make it go just throw the culverts. I'm glad someone else is doing this and know what they are doing cause the person who put these in DID NOT.
This is where we leave off today....





Tomorrow the plan is to get all the old culverts gone and get ready for the new culverts!

The backyard....DAY 1

This February after a pretty good rain Marc found this "HOLE" in our back yard! This first picture is not what it looked like when we first found it (The boards in the picture actually covered it at first). When we first looked down the hole we could see our culverts that were extended the whole length of your back yard that were "suppose to be" draining the water from our back yard (and neighbors yards).

As days and weeks and more rain went on the hole gradually got bigger...and bigger!
To make a really LONG story short the city, insurance, previous owners, and everyone else we asked would not cover any of it, but we were told it had to be taken care of or more holes would develop and work it's way to our house. The easy way out was to fill the hole and sell, but the easiest way was how we ended up with the house. We did NOT have peace about selling without being totally honest with buyers and that would probably lead to a loss in the sell of the house. The other option was to replace the old, bad, and useless culverts with new ones. Do it right and have peace weather we stayed in the house the rest of our lives or sold it the next day.
Well....with the Lords blessing and guidance we broke ground March 14th. Krimson is on the digger with a good friend from church as he started digging.

The morning started with lots of rain so once the culverts were revealed the workers left for the day letting it dry out. Here is Roscoe checking it out!!
One of the big CRACKS that was NOT helping...

Here you can see the water flowing UNDER the culvert. This was near where the hole was in the yard. Now you can see why...

A couple of tree's had to be dug up and removed so we could get to the culvert.








The next step is to remove the culverts....Many more pictures to come!

Basketball 2011

The boys basketball season ended this past weekend! What fun we had watching them, but most of all...What Fun THEY Had!! They both had 2 games every Saturday for 6 weeks...that's a lot of basketball!

Here's a shot of Adam warming up!

Making a move down the baseline!
Getting back on defense!
Adam and his friend Jonathan! What a great season and lots of fun!
Here is what Jude and Brodie did as they waited for their games. Every week they had to sit through 3 boys games and 2 girls games before they got to play (we didn't sit the whole time, but they were ready to play when they got to the gym at 8am and had to wait till 1pm...troopers)

Jude rushing over to play defense on the guy taking the ball out of bounds!
JUMP BALL!! (I thought this picture was really funny...see of you can see why)
Jude shooting his free throw at half time...every game they shoot free throws that count for their team score!!
DEFENSE!!
The boys biggest fans!! Krimson and Eden did so good cheering on the boys and watching the games! (except Eden's potty runs)

Good Sports!!
Coach Fager with his team...the Bobcats!!
Coach Fager with his team...the Sharks!!
Good Job Boys!! We Love You!!

Valentines 2011

Valentines day is one of the most special holidays for our family!! Every year the kids, Marc, and I look forward to this day!! Valentines 2007 we started our family tradition where Marc takes the girls out for a special date and the boys take me out on a date. The girls get all dressed up for Marc and he takes them out to eat where they want to go. The boys and I get all dressed up and they take me out where I like to eat. We go all out and get dessert too! It's such a special time. Of coarse all of this is training for our kids for when they really do go out on a date...some day (a long, long time away :)). Here is the kids treats in the morning when the woke up!

Marc and the girls!! Krimson talked all day about their date!!
Marc got the girls flowers and they were swept away. Krimson carried hers all around before they left and found a nice spot on her dresser for it!
When Eden got her flower she hugged it and kissed it and said, "Thank you for my flower." about 3 times in a row.
Here are some pretty shots of my pretty girls!!





For the boys and me it's all about the food! I got Adam to put a nice shirt on and it went great with his grey athletic pants! Jude won't even think about dressing up, so I didn't even try. Adam told me he thought about our date all day while he was at school. He decided where we ate, that we should shop some, go to a movie, and eat ice cream! Both boys were so much fun all night and very sweet! Look out girls!! (but they are mine for now:))
Happy Valentines Day!!