One sunny day we went to use the water and
nothing.. It ended up that the well pump had failed! We were feeling a bit guilty about the whole matter since despite our efforts of being conservative, we knew that adding a family of 8 must have at least helped it to break. The repair man did reassure us though that it was an OLD pump and was surprised it had lasted as long as it had! We all coped pretty well through the weekend actually.. we were able to hand pump water and fill buckets to flush toilets and we filled up various containers of potable water at a friend's house for cooking and drinking. Really it was amazing how smoothly it went.. ;) We waited to plant the garden until the day the pump was replaced.. thankfully the weather was BEAUTIFUL and perfect for planting!
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| The kids get up early and set up camp chairs to watch the water guy install the new well pump |
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| The first order of business was to pull out the old pump which was some 80 feet down! |
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| The children, watching the show |
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| All we ladies can think about is clean children, laundry and dishes! Oh, and of course planting the garden! |
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| The little ones play in the trailer |
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| Night-night 'baby' Matthew! |
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After hand rototiling the garden all week, we were all very excited to hear the neighbor offering
one more run through with his powerful tractor! |
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| Stephanie starts measuring out the drip tape and putting in the stakes |
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| A bit o' garden talk |
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| Ryan was a big help too.. really all of the boys helped out so much! |
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| They even built this nice trellis for the sugar snap peas |
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Sweet sisters in the Lord
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The LORD will guide you continually, And
satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a
watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. Isaiah 58:11 |
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6 comments:
Looks like you are living in such a lovely place. What a nice looking garden. I miss having a garden. What educational fun this must be for your brood.
How is Mandy's Vitamin D? Have you had her checked again?
Miss you.
Yes, It is beautiful here! We just had Mandy re-checked today and will hear the results soon, Lord Willing.
Miss you too..
Look forward to hearing the results. She looks so bright and happy in her photos lately.
Hi Mrs. McDonald! Sounds like y'all are doing well! Are you living with the King's? Hopefully we'll see you someday again! The LORD bless your day. Give Ash and Mandie a hug for me<3. Christian O'Bryan
Hello to you too Miss O Bryan! We miss you too and yes, i will tell the girls hi for you.. Grady was just saying last night how he would love to cat with your Dad sometime soon. Send our blessings to the family for us!
Sj- she went from a 13 in jan to a 100! Praise the Lord! Now they want to do more testing on her heart- would covet your prayers
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