Sewer Main Woes

As everyone knows by now, we have had sewer main woes at our house the last few weeks. We are grateful to be home again now! Here is a brief synopsis of the past 2 1/2 weeks: friday, toilet explodes (okay, not literally, but "stuff" did come forcefully out of the toilet!--as a service, I did not take any photos! LOL!) and I called a friend who does plumbing to come check it out for us; it's not good. Main is clogged and requires an auger. We decided to stay that night at a hotel so they could get it taken care of. Saturday, it didn't work; they need a bigger auger. Bonus: they can't find the sewer clean-out cap that should be right in front of the house. This requires that a 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. hole be dug to put one in! (Thanks, Kris' running buddies!) This reveals that the main is clogged with roots and a portion has even colapsed! Bring in the back-hoe! We have to wait several days for Blue Stakes to notify necessary utilities to come mark the front yard, then get a big trench (roughly 30 ft. long x 3 ft. wide x 6 ft. deep!). 25 ft. of old clay main is replaced and we get to come home! Thanks, again, to running buddies for getting a bobcat to fill it all back in! We have been greatly blessed! The bathroom remodel is underway (when it's done, I'll upload 'before' and 'after' photos!), and--most exciting--the toilet flushes!!! Here is the process in photos: