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Friday, September 30, 2016
New fence 2015
Summer 2015: This is the beginning of a HUGE project about to begin. SEVEN homes that back up to each other will be replacing our fence at the same time! Things are about to get crazy!
It's Saturday morning, the kids just finished breakfast, and the fence guys are working with the augger digging new holes for the fence posts. When all of a sudden, I get a knock on my BACK door! "Ma'am, we hit the gas line." WHAT???!
Stay calm! Get the kids out front, and notify everyone around! The fence guys did a great job, they had one guy calling the fire department and one knocking on doors to be sure everyone was notified.
The smell of gas was intense! Neighbors were stopping and asking why they smelled gas when they pulled into the neighborhood.
We camped out in the front yard waiting for the "OK" from the fire department to go inside.
Once they got the gas to stop leaking, they were able to tear up our yard to repair the line.

It was so convenient to hang out with the neighbors with the fence down, but it was a challenge with the dogs. Happy to have the fence back!
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| We can see our neighbor's back yard! |
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| So weird!! |
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| We can see everything! |
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| From the sidewalk to the back of our house |
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| We can see the pool! |
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| This is in my neighbor's yard, SO weird we can see everything! |
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| As my neighbor said, "It feels like someone's looking up my skirt! I feel exposed!" |
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| The kids enjoyed cutting through the yard when the fence was gone. |
It's Saturday morning, the kids just finished breakfast, and the fence guys are working with the augger digging new holes for the fence posts. When all of a sudden, I get a knock on my BACK door! "Ma'am, we hit the gas line." WHAT???!
Stay calm! Get the kids out front, and notify everyone around! The fence guys did a great job, they had one guy calling the fire department and one knocking on doors to be sure everyone was notified.
The smell of gas was intense! Neighbors were stopping and asking why they smelled gas when they pulled into the neighborhood.
We camped out in the front yard waiting for the "OK" from the fire department to go inside.
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| The kids with the fretruck |
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| Even Kevin (our neighbor) wanted a picture with the firetruck |
Once they got the gas to stop leaking, they were able to tear up our yard to repair the line.
| Our neighbor, Kevin, with the new metal post |
| The kids thought it was cool to see a mini excavator in our yard |
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| One panel left! |
Kaitlyn's Baptism (July 2015)
Disney 2015
Better late than never!
May 2015, we drove to Orlando and met up with Grandma and Grandpa Van, Auntie, Uncle Dan and Finn. It's been over a year since this vacation happened, but it sure is fun to look back at how much fun we had!
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| Celebrated Grandpa's birthday early |
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Look forward to the next time we get to go!
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