LONG OVERDUE PROJECT

This past weekend, two of our sons-in-law headed up a project that was long overdue. You remember that at "camp gramma" time we had an abundance of rain and when that happens, we have water standing in the backyard - therefore we could not have the tents for our grandchildren in the backyard. There is a pipe underground that drains water from our backyard and our neighbor's backyard out to the street in front of our house. It has not been working due to tree roots and dirt plugging it.

Phil & Julie and their children came to see us so that Phil & Greg could help Rog replace the pipe. They did a lot of digging and Owen, Brendon, Caleb, and Trevin helped some too.

Owen & grandpa are down in the trench trying to loosen the pipe.

Here they are busy digging.

Trevin & Owen carrying off the old pipe.

There was some cement work to do around the drains so the twins left their mark.

Inside the house Brooklyn, Susan, Julie, and Gramma were making apple dumplings. Brooklyn was enjoying the flour by putting some on the board for me and twice as much on herself. Guess I didn't get a picture of Susan & Julie but they were a big help in getting the job done. We enjoyed the apple dumplings for lunch and even had some left over to freeze. We made 2 big batches and I still have quite a few apples left to make more desserts.