French drain = no drain

May has seen extremely warm temperatures and also tons of rain.  The rain is taking a toll on the downspouts, drains and my driveway.  Wednesday was one of the worst nights I've ever had.  The rain never seemed to stop.  The pictures below are 1/4 of the amount of water that was standing in the driveway and overflowing in the "french drain".  This was someone's idea of helping my grandmother or it is just so old it doesn't work anymore?  I'm not sure, but this area looks to me that someone just dug a hole and didn't ever finish.  Well I'm determined to make this a well drained driveway. 

First curtains with rods and not just tacks

There is so much to update but at this time I'm going to just be updating photos.  The children and I now reside here.  We've been here since the beginning of April.  Things are not completely financed but major changes have taken place.