Wednesday, October 31, 2018

No Ansie Swamp Day 3! :(

The pipes went in - and so much more backhoe mess!
The fire pit almost didn't make it.

The Burm - the dirt and rock bike ramp Dave and the Boys made is gone - along with all the rocks they used to build it strong.  The dude said he would remove our brush pile in the back because of all the 'destruction.'

Where is my raspberry garden?  Dug up and under that pile of dirt/rocks/pipe.  The two poor lilac trees near by were under a large log.  I even build a small rock wall yesterday - hoping to save the berries, no luck.  
The Backhoe driver said he would talk to the town to see if they could buy us some berry plants.....I had a bunch....
That's my saddest news - the berry plants - were starting to do well.

It's been all pretty interesting until today.
The town will sod it tomorrow and seed us in the spring.





Purgatory Chasm

Today we went to Purgatory Chasm with some homeschool friends.
Adley Hanging with Joe in the Welcome Center

Climbing High!

Wow, check this place out!

So Many Rocks to Climb!

Look at those dudes up there!

Posing for a photo!



All the kids!
What a blast today!
The Adventure Dudes!

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

AWANA - Dress as a Bible Character!

We've got a Jeremiah and a Nathanael!
Both in the Bible - way to go guys!


No More Ansie Swamp Day 2

The big digger came today! 

Good Bye Burning Bush!

This guy ripped up all those stumps!

Front Row Seats!

Look at this HUGE area he cleared!

Here's the excavator - cleared the bushes to the road!
Tomorrow is a dig and lay the pipes day!
Whoa!


Monday, October 29, 2018

No More Ansie Swamp!

So, the town has decided that we get a lot of Ansie swamp because our mega pine trees roots are all in the pipes.  The town x'ed up a bunch of trees to cut down - they came down today.  After this they'll did up the pipes and lay some new stuff.
Check it out!  We came home from karate this afternooon, and the crew was well on it's way.
We had a mega crane in our front lawn, and all these trucks doing the work.

Check out the 2 wood chip trucks and the log truck.

See the 3 big stumps behind Jeremiah?

Even more stumps, all the way back a bit past the fire pit.  This is a long pipe they are repairing.  We're assuming they will dig all this up - quite a job!

Looking left out the front door - no more big pines covering the power line. 

We'll keep you updated!
Pipe Project

Pumping Carving!

We had a great time, on a super rainy Saturday to carve our pumpkins!

Dad used his jigsaw for a bit of fun!

We dug and dug our seeds - and roasted them for later!

Everyone was hard at work.  Adley and Nathanael did it all themselves. Dad helped Jeremiah with the jigsaw. :)

Nathanael had a skull and scythe, Jeremiah had a Minecraft sword, and Adley "Go Falcons!"
Love,
The Pumpkin Dudes

More Teeth!

Wow, Jeremiah lost another tooth watching the beginning of Game 5 of the World Series!
Go Red Sox!

The Toothless Wonder,
Jeremiah