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Tapping Into the Water Main

Our house did not come with a sprinkler system and so the first outdoor project was to get water to the backyard. This meant tapping into the water main (not a fun project there was any doubt). I decided instead of getting a Gold’s Gym membership I would hand dig the line around our house. The actual pipe which went from the water meter to the house was a good 7 feet deep by the time it was finally exposed.

After exposing the pipe and tapping into it, I had to dig a trench 35 feet long 30 inches deep to wrap around the house where my control box would be. Fun times. Grunt labor at its best.

Caleb doing the jig to celebrate a completed project!

Gutting the Pad

We had about two weeks between working at Solution Pro and starting at the church so we worked 14 hour days for 2 weeks solid to get the job done.

Working to get new trim up!

Grandma and the boys sweeping up dirt.

The bathroom vanities stripped out so we could tile the floors.

Tools everywhere!

Taking a bunch of junk to the dump. Thank goodness for dad’s big blue truck.

My first real tile experience by myself.

Priming the dark wood before the white paint goes on.

Buying Our First Home

This section documents some of the work we’ve done on our house since we bought it. This house has truly become our home.

Here’s some pictures of the house when it was still for sale.

The swing set doesn’t come with the house, but the tree stays!

Not bad, but the brown’s gotta go.

This was our first washer and dryer. Hey it works!

Gotta love the florescent blue!

This is the best it looked for a good two years! We pretty much wrecked the front yard from the day we moved in. I’m sure our neighbors loved us.

Sunflower overkill. Fence killed.