on no... not our yard!!!!

Some morning playtime before the commotion started
Oh its just so fun having daddy home with me!

Today was Bri's second day home from work! This morning we were supposed to play and go to the park, and do some fun things as a family but unfortunately today was the day our gas pipes in our neighborhood were being replaced. they have been working on them up and down our street since last week and today was our day. so this morning bri and i went walking down the street to look at the damage they were doing at the end of our street and just said holy cow i hope they don't have to dig up our yard. and when i called last week to ask why in gods name are they spray painting my lawn cus they better not be digging next week cus i have to throw a party on sat for katie's birthday, they assured me there would be no digging IN our yard, just some digging maybe down by the sidewalk, at most a little hole down by the curb. i thought. OK just get it done today please cus i don't have time or patience for something to go wrong in the process and they have to come back a few days later to fix it or start or finish it on friday and then have to dig up the yard... oh lordy a whole bunch of things could go wrong, i mean its something underground, its not like we have complete control over it. anyway as the afternoon approached, we saw the crews finish up at the end of the street and start making their way up towards us. Now let me tell ya, there were TONS of people, mostly just standing around for the majority of the day but really there were 8 cars and trucks each with a few people in it i would say, it was a huge production!!!

This was the first hole they dug, it looks like its on the sidewalk but its not... its on our front yard. you can see how happy bri was about this but they assured us this would be the only hole unless for some unexpected reason they had a problem.

Katie and I decided to go inside and play instead of watch them tear up our yard. it was more fun anyway!

Then they told us there was a problem and they had to cut another hole up in our yard, right by our walkway as a matter of fact, just so everyone could look at a big brown spot on sat as they came for katie's party. ugh

Bri was NOT HAPPY!!!!!


but all in all, they guys patched up out holes pretty well they did what they could to save the tops of the holes, so they just placed the piece of grass they scraped up back down on the lawn. we'll see how they hold up. as of right now its still green and looks fine but who knows if its gonna die by Saturday. oh poor daddy, he spends all this time, money, and effort on making his grass look nice and then the stupid guys come along and dig up some holes in our yard! sheesh. well it was still fun having him home today! better than work i reminded him!