Ran into the first snag of the project - we have orangburg sewer pipe - which meant nothing to me until yesterday when now we have to replace the pipe clear out into the street. The pipe has not gone bad yet, but it is just a matter of time so we decided we might as well do it now while our driveway is gone and they can dig it all up. The hole in this picture about six feet underground is the original septic tank for the house and the old sprinkler lines that we figured ran right beside the original driveway.

The hole for the sewer - you can see the ladder sticking out is about an eight foot ladder. The kids wanted to go play in this hole last night after the excavator left until I told them what it was for - not as interested any more!

By the way - It snowed yesterday....I am so ready for a real spring!

The driveway is gone - along with the grass that Sandy (Ryan's sister) and Ryan would always argue about! (Sandy would always have it perfect looking and Ryan would drive on it)

The sidewalk is gone - the grass is going eventually.

The starts of the hole - it is a little scary sitting in your home and hearing a backhoe scraping against your back wall. I wouldn't let the girls go downstairs incase the wall happened to collapse....


The yellow just to the left of our neighbor's house is Morgan - pretty big dirt hills - she was watching at the window for the excavator to leave so she could go climbing!

The Difference A Day Makes

The last bit of the walnut tree.

The carport coming down.

Carport is down and cleaning up.

The view now from the backyard - alot different than my before picture a few days ago.

The spectactors! They were having fun watching the tractor. **And notice my cute swing I found at a garage sale and sprayed blue! We love it**

It was an exciting day but also kind of sad to see so much history gone. The clothesline that was in the backyard probably had 3 feet of cement around them that Ryan's grandpa had dug out the hole and poured himself. And the walnut trees roots left huge holes in half of the sandbox from a seed that Ryan's grandpa planted lots of years ago.

It has Officially Begun

Three of the 4 trees are gone and the clothesline as well.

It doesn't look like much but we are excited!

A Big Day Tomorrow (Hopefully)

Paper work is all completed and will be signed by the end of the week, we picked up our building permit today, and the excavator should be here tomorrow morning! I am very excited. Here are some pictures of the house as of today with some major changes coming soon!!

We went to Denver over the weekend for our spring break and had a wonderful time with the Wilcox's. The kids all played so well together and had so much fun. Ashlyn was in girly heaven with Amanda, I'm not sure what Morgan and Ali did but they love being together, and Maddie and Ian had a blast playing everything from the drums to the trampoline! We kept ourselves busy going to parks and walking around this beautiful area in Evergreen. Wish our trip could have been longer but enjoyed every second we had there!!