All Gone

We traveled home this weekend to celebrate Ryan's 2nd birthday (pictures coming soon) and for all of our family to meet Darby. It was a great, long weekend full of family and fun. While we were gone, our fabulous friends The Mosholders and the Flanagans helped us with a huge project that we have been wanting to do for a while now, remove the trees from our backyard. We want the backyard we once had...Unfortunately, we do not have this gorgeous yard anymore due to our stupid dogs. They have overfertilized and dug so many holes in our yard that the grass stopped growing, the plants died, and our beautiful flower beds wilted away.

So...

We felt like we had to start with phase 1...get rid of the trees that keep the grass from growing (they were partially to blame) and to simply give us more yard. Phase 2 will be to build a pen for the dogs. Phase 3 is laying the sod and getting Ryan a swing set. Phase 4 will be an addition to the house that expands into the backyard. Of course this is a very long term goal, but a goal none the less.

So, the "Flanholder Tree Removal Service" took out 4 of the 6 trees in our backyard. These trees are not like little stubs these are HUGE mature trees. The task was not an easy one, but all 4 of the trees were gone by the time we got home Sunday evening. These guys were CRAZY, I cannot believe how high up they were. Enjoy the pics.

Okay so this view is from the front, but those are the 4 trees that were taken out. Like I said, HUGE! Yeah, can you see the man up in the tree, so crazy!
The process... Again, the process... Taking down the third tree This is the most "final" pic I have...I haven't taken one yet. The tree behind the man was removed as well.
I will post a final pic of the backyard once I get off my lazy bottom and take one. I cannot wait for all of the remodeling of the backyard to begin!