Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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. . .

2 comments:

Billie Sue said...

Oh, I am so sorry for the loss! One summer it rained and blew so hard, that one of our quakies blew over. It was one of our biggest. The roots are not deep and we just hurried and dug a hole to re-root it and then put in fence posts so we could secure it. After a couple of years, it seems to be just fine. I am sorry there was no solution such as this for your beautiful tree. How nice to have such good friends and neighbors. Hey, I didn't know John had started his own business. That is awesome! John's Mom had never said anything to me about it, despite the fact I spend time in her hair chair! Congratulations and good luck!

Gilbrides said...

I am really sorry about your tree! I am so glad that you had your nephew's truck to use to get the rest of the tree down though. Thank you so much for all of your help with my tree, especially when you had your own tree to take care of. You are the best!!!

Jacob and Joshua

Jacob and Joshua
Ready to tear it up

Grandpa helping Jacob shoot

Grandpa helping Jacob shoot

Grandpa helping Joshua shoot

Grandpa helping Joshua shoot

Jacob ready to shoot

Jacob ready to shoot
Everybody duck!

Dad and Joshua

Dad and Joshua