Mud, Mud, Mud...... There is mud everywhere right now, but there is a huge amount at our house. Between the tractor work for the tanks going in, the grading around the house and numerous ditches and disturbances, the bare soil is very wet and mucky around here right now. Our mudroom is just what it's called!



Although I haven't been enjoying all of the extra sweeping, vacuuming (when the stuff finally dries) and laundry. The boys and puppy couldn't be happier.



There is even mud inside our house as the sheetrock finally got put on and the drywallers put the drywall mud up. They were really fast and great workers and the hand-texture turned out nice. Our drywall guy actually had emergency heart surgery but his sons came up from the bay area and did the work for him. Hope our sons are that nice when we're old.


To prepare for some of the rain and mud we bought some rice straw (also from the bay area apparently) from the local ag store and mulched as much as we could around the house. Although our gutters finally went on yesterday, they were not on for awhile and the house was getting wet and muddy. Nolan took a break from wallowing in the mud to help us out.



The hay isn't only good for keeping the house clean and dry. Hopefully it'll keep Caleb a little more clean and dry as well.

Nolan also spent quite a bit of time helping dad dig over 200' of ditch for our water and gas line. It had to be hand dug because it's too wet to get a tractor in and no one would come. nolan also helped cover the ditches back up.