This morning we woke up to the phone ringing. It was our neighbor wondering if Jason was irrigating the pasture, because we had water all the way up to the road. Jason was a little confused, because no, he wasn't irrigating at all. He hangs up the phone and asks me "did Bennett leave the hose running last night?" I told him that I didn't think so and we got up to check. There was no way that this was from the hose! We had up to four feet of water in some places and all the way up the pasture, into the horse corrals, through the barn, out onto the lawn, across our circle driveway, to the middle lawn, and to the front lawn, all the way into the street! It was insane. Apparently what happened is the farm behind our property was irrigating and forgot to shut off the water last nig
ht. ("people" being Jason's cousin, Joe!) We have never had the water come up this close to the house, and I am so thankful that it didn't reach the house! What a mess that would have been. Jason spent most of the day out side trying to pump some of the water from the flooded Pasture, yard, barn, to the other side of the pasture.(the side that didn't get flooded) We still have a ton of water outside and most likely will for a few days. We look like we have been hit by a hurricane! We just need the sand bags and we'd be set! The worst part is the water went through were the horses and steers have been "doing their business" before it got to the lawn. So now the lawn is covered with filthy poop water. There is even a foam over the top of the water from all the droppings! YUCK!! I guess the lawn is g
ood and fertilized now. 
The crazy thing is you can't even really tell how bad it is from the pictures. We could go out and stand in the pasture and the water would be up to our waist. Now, I don't want to make Joe feel to bad. On his defense, he hasn't irrigated for a long time, and the sub water is up really high this year. That being said, I'm still pretty ticked!
ht. ("people" being Jason's cousin, Joe!) We have never had the water come up this close to the house, and I am so thankful that it didn't reach the house! What a mess that would have been. Jason spent most of the day out side trying to pump some of the water from the flooded Pasture, yard, barn, to the other side of the pasture.(the side that didn't get flooded) We still have a ton of water outside and most likely will for a few days. We look like we have been hit by a hurricane! We just need the sand bags and we'd be set! The worst part is the water went through were the horses and steers have been "doing their business" before it got to the lawn. So now the lawn is covered with filthy poop water. There is even a foam over the top of the water from all the droppings! YUCK!! I guess the lawn is g
ood and fertilized now. 
This is going to be a gross clean up when the water finally goes down! What a mess.....
7 comments:
Whoa! Sorry to hear about the flooding...and the clean-up you'll have to do. How terrible! But, isn't that what kids are for?! Just kidding.
WOW! What a mess! If it freezes soon, we're coming over to go ice skating. ;)
i sure hope joe is putting in overtime to help clean up. i think my stomach would be in knots and i would be on the verge of tears!
Wow that is bad! I bet it smells lovely - we sure feel bad we are not closer to help you clean it up. haha
Looks like fun!! One more wading/swimming party for the summer!!!
this is terrible - I hope a bit has subsided by now!!!
Whowser!! To bad it wasn't 80 degrees and you could have had a really fun pool, mud party!!!HAHA
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