Side Yard Finished! (By Pam)

We've intended to pour concrete next to our house

When we decided to list the home for sale

this plan was delayed

This past weekend

Dan:

rented a dump truck

bought 9 tons of gravel

and finished the side yard

Toby & Sadie & Ella (Sadie's friend)

LOVED riding in the dump truck

Toby helped spread the gravel

So did 4 year old Joshua (Ella's Brother)

It looks awesome!

Monday afternoon

(3 days after the gravel was finished)

a neighbor knocks on the front door

water is spilling out

running under the fence

and

down the gutter

I called Dan

I find the cut off valve

(and SPIDERS!)

but...

I cant get it to move

Dan leaves work and comes home

his Dad comes to help

Dan gets the water to stop

digs up a portion of the new gravel

finds the break in the irrigation pipe

Phone rings...

Realtor...Someone is coming to look at the house

IN ONE HOUR!

(Figures! Our last showing was right after getting home from the hospital post C-section.)

Dan and Rex go into Warp Speed outside

I go into Warp Speed inside

We got out of there just as the realtor pulls in

(45 minutes later)

with NO signs left of the huge puddle

or

the dug up yard

(Thanks to Grandpa Jensen!)

Whew!

All is well again

now

if only they make an offer

Post Script: It was the dump truck that severed the irrigation line.