Let there be...mud?

In Arizona, when you have more land than your typical track home, most times you irrigate your yard with flood irrigation.  Before visiting Arizona and then actually moving here 14 years ago (wow! where did the time go??) I had never heard of flood irrigation, let alone had I ever seen it.

No - we didn't have a flood, we irrigated.  And the picture above was only after about 25 minutes, we still had 35 minutes to go.

Our neighbor behind us irrigates his jungle yard for 3 hours at a time, the most out of anyone in our little community.  Needless to say, his water overflows into our yard with the help of the gopher highways in his yard.  So before we even opened our irrigation ports, we had water.

This is what our ports look like after we opened them - almost like a small geyser erupting from the ground.  We laid down grass seed last week and since most of our land is dirt, we only irrigated for an hour, which was just the right amount for our first time.

Kind of fun seeing the water flowing in from two sides in our back yard.  It didn't take too long for the water to spread all over our yard.

Kids 2 & 3 enjoyed watching the process.  However, I regret sending kid 3 out in her brand new white shirt...

"Hey mom, look!"  Sarah had the best time yesterday playing outside and in the water.

I just loved this shot of her boots and dirty bum.  It wasn't long after this picture the poor girl was stripped down to her diaper.  I'm sure my neighbors were just thrilled to have an almost 2 year old waddling around in a muddy diaper.

And, yes, we did get a dog!  I'll post more about her later, but even she was enjoying the day!

Enjoy the rest of these photos!

"Mom!!!  Help!!!"

The three kiddos.

Wait...Lakefront property?  No, just irrigation in the backyard!