A Yard-Work/ Fix-it Kind Of Day.

Yay! Now that the city irrigation has been turned on, we can turn on our sprinklers! And now that we've turned on the sprinklers (for the first time since living here), we can see what needs to be repaired! Unfortunately, I didn't think to get any pictures of the mess that occurred last evening... but we were completely surprised by what we found outside!! A LAKE!! It was a fairly small lake, truth be told, but I'm pretty sure that this body of water in our backyard could've been classified as a lake, nonetheless. :)

Well, thankfully we have friends who know how to deal with such outdoor plumbing catastrophes! Thank the Lord for Brian. He came to our rescue and instructed/ supervised Brent on what to do. And one trip to Lowe's and a less-than-$5 part later, the job was completed! Now our lawn shall be a fabulous grassy green color come the warmer months. :)

All of that hard plumbing work was apparently too much for Mac. He decided to come inside and take a snooze:

After all the yard work and snoozing, it was time to "fix" the truck with daddy:

And, once again, thanks to Brian, they fixed what could've been a huge ordeal at a mechanic's shop for minimal dollars! I think it was a $10 part this time to fix a turn signal with attitude. Stubborn thing! :)

Now, on to the front yard! We've got these huge, awful weeds growing rather quickly -as weeds tend to do- right next to the house! Brent went ahead and pulled one out today... OH MY WORD... talk about the hugest weedy-root-system EVER!! That small little section he managed to grab hold of was just about the size of his forearm!! Oh dear. I see a lot of weed killer in our future!