Down comes the rest of the tree

So last night we took down the rest of the tree. I have posted some video of this. It is not that dramatic. I was hoping for tree bouncing and something I could send into America's Funniest Video's but it went very smoothly.

I am so grateful to everyone who came to help. I think we have had upwards of 25 people here helping to get the tree cleaned up. Many hands really do make the workload lighter. Thank you all so much.



Now all we have left to do is to move the big pieces of wood to the backyard to dry so the scouts can use it.

Here is a pic of my house now that the beautiful tree is gone. . .

Last Night's Destruction

So last night I woke up at 4:00 a.m. to a big crack!!! I woke John up and told him I thought our tree had fallen over. He said, "No way" So we went and look out the window and sure enough our tree had cracked in half!! I was so sad.





Our neighbors tree had also cracked in half. There was just too much ice and snow on the newly budded trees and they couldn't hold the wait. I am so sad. This tree has offered us many, many hours of shade. I guess we will have to plant a new tree but by the time it is big enough for shade my kids will be all grown. We will miss you lovely tree.

A big thanks to all the neighborhood men who came and helped us cut it down. It was so nice to have your help. It would have taken us sooo long to get this done on our own. Thank you, thank you, thank you.



It is hard to believe that just a night ago my kids were sleeping out on the trampoline and now this.

April Fool's

I think this is an April Fool's day that I love. The weather has fooled us and it is wonderful!!! It is in the 70's. We have been outside most of the day. Tonight we had an impromptu smore's night. We started the fire and roasted marshmallows and made smores. It was a lot of fun. In fact John and the kids are going to sleep out on the tramp. I am so glad it is warming up.