Digging the basement today

Which first- the good or bad news?

Well, the good news is that 1 the excavators came out this morning to dig the basement.
2 We also had out dumpster hauled away this morning. It was loaded to the brim.

And 3 we got a port-a-potty. It is literally inches from my front door. (I am rolling my eyes at the hilarity of it all.) My life and house are chaotically crazy. The bad news is that after digging a very short time, they hit water. I don't mean broke a pipe; I mean hit the water table. I guess in our area is is very close to the surface- only about 6 feet down. We needed to dig 9 feet deep for the footings and foundation walls. So, at this point, we are waiting to see how to proceed. We have a few options we're considering at this point. Any suggestions? Any sympathetic comments would be appreciated.

One more thing. A huge THANKS to Troy's parents and 2 youngest sisters who came over last night and helped finish the prep work. They stayed really late- until the whole house was staked off and ready to dig. another Thank You to Parker, who also helped tear out the roof. Last night, and Monday he helped us finish demolishing the shed.

Taking a "Dump" for Family Home Evening

The "Before" picture of the lawnThe Big delivery truck and the Big delivery man
The cool truck- too bad the boys were both asleep- they missed it!
Timmy taking wood to the dumpster
Grandma, Timmy and Spencer loading the dumpster
Emily, Grandma, Timmy and Spencer inside the dumpster
Troy on the roof swinging his big sledgehammer. Also, notice the "After" shot of the lawn. Nice work, everyone, and Thank You!!!
Where the rebar is, the Concrete was. It was 8 inches thick, too
The boys both in the single stroller

We had an exciting day today. Around 4:00PM, Waste Managment arrived with a huge dumpster and deposited it on our driveway. I think the delivery guy was a little surprised when I asked him to pose for a picture, and maybe a little flattered. We made a lot of progress on filling that monstrosity, too. Troy's mom, Melissa, and baby sister, Emily came over and helped us load all the demolition debris into it for our Family Home Evening. Timmy and Spencer helped, and did, too. (Even though I found a second to snap a few pictures.)

Our good friends and neighbors, Alan and Anna, let us store our big jetted tub in their garage. (They don't park in it)

After Melissa and Emily left, Troy thought it would be fun to climb up on the roof and start smashing it with a sledgehammer. I don't think I will ever fully understand men. But, I took some pictures of our smashed up roof with my triumphant husband standing atop it.

The boys were all "jammied" up and ready for bed, so I put them both in the stroller (not the double) and puched them out to check on Daddy.