Rigby Lake

Yesterday was a total disaster!

I was on my way out the door to go to a pool party

and ran downstairs to get my lawn chair and low and behold. . .

My basement was FULL of water.

I just knew it was the sprinkling system and I ran

upstairs and outside and I could see the water just bubbling over.

All three of the basement windows in the back were clear

full of water, like over the top of the window full.

I tried to call Wynn to find out where the turn off valve was and it

took his secretary to get him out of a meeting so I could talk

to him. I got it turned off and then bailed all the water

out of the window well. I called our insurance agent and got

the ball rolling. Within 30 minutes ARS were here and

the clean up began.

My carpet was new one year ago this week. (I remember because

it was laid while I was at girls camp) Both bedrooms,

my storage closet and half

of the game room were totally saturated with water.

Ripped up carpet and threw padding away!

My heart just about fell out of my chest to see them cut

right into my new carpet and rip it up.

I think there are about 15 fans going full blast

down there right now and probably will be

for a while. On Friday, the walls will

be ripped out and then more fans set so they

will dry out. They promised me I will be happy when

this process is over. I sure hope so because my heart

is hurting really bad right now.

Last Saturday while I was gone, Wynn surprised me by

moving our bedroom downstairs so we could get

started on remodeling our bedroom.

I was just getting used to sleeping in a nice cool basement

and now we are back upstairs again.

About half way through this FUN process yesterday,

Steven and Brooke dropped off my grand babies

because they were headed up to girls camp.

Oh, my heart aches for girls camp. I'm so jealous

for everyone who got to go this week. That is

where I truly wanted to be. Anyway,

I got the kids right in the middle of all my big mess.

Really, we didn't have a choice, Steven and Brooke

were committed and so was I to babysitting.

So, we just delta with it.

Oh, what darling grand babies I have.

I think they knew my heart was broken in so many ways.

They were dream children and I couldn't love them

any more than I do right now.

THEY ARE THE BEST!

This morning I loaded Camden and Emily up

and we headed to Rigby Lake.

Nothing like spending a day with my Mom

and my darling grand kids to cheer me up.

Trying to keep Camden on a blanket was totally a joke!

So, I just took Camden out to the water and he and Em's

had a ball playing together. Yes, Camden is in his

clothes. I didn't plan on getting him wet but. . .

He loved it.

After the lake we went to G.G. house.

(Great Grandma Hayes)

Camden loved her huge ball and

the cool grass.

Emily loved picking strawberries

with G.G.

My, look at my Mother's beautiful garden!

I didn't get the "green thumb" gene from her.

Thanks to my adorable grand babies for making

the past two days bearable.

I love them with all my heart.