Tree Removal

Ahhh, I have been waiting to blog until we had some major progress to share, but things are moving slowly. We've been in the process of getting our trees removed for the last 2-3 weeks. We have about 20 trees that need to come down because they are burned or too dangerous to keep. Most of them are 100+ feet tall, so they require climbers to get them down. If you look closely in the center of this picture, you can see a climber high up in the tree. I'm afraid of going up my mom's staircase, so this is definitely not the profession for me! 😂

The rest of these are just pictures of what they have gotten down so far. As you can see, we are going to have a lot of debris to remove once they are all down! The city will come pick it all up, but it has to be cut a certain size and in rows at the bottom of the driveway. Not an easy task!

One day after school, we went over to pick up trash off of the hills. We own the hill above our house and below our house, and they are both quite steep. There was not only trash from the fire, but also from years of being on the rental program. Our neighbor told us that people were always throwing stuff off of our deck at his house and they were so glad when we moved in. 😊

Look how steep this is! I was so afraid the boys were going to slip, but they were not afraid at all. They worked so hard picking up trash. Especially Easton. He was determined to not leave a single piece behind!

Notice you see everyone working except Miss Selfie Queen! Shocker!

Since the BOYS worked so hard, we took them for a treat. Talan has no idea how to eat an ice cream cone. He makes an absolute mess. Brett told him to lick it in a circle. He shoved the ice cream against his mouth and started moving it in a circular motion. What a dufus! He will need a lot of training before he goes out on a date. 😂

Easton had to make a box for his Valentines to go in at school, so we decided to make a monster. Easy, but still cute!

I added a pink heart at the top of the tail, but that was a no-go with Easton, so we settled on a blue triangle. 😊

He must have been all tuckered out from his party at school, because he fell asleep between home and Texas Roadhouse. I love his little double chin when he sleeps! 😍

My grandma was so sweet and sent us a gift card so we could go out. Of course, Janae wanted to sit by her daddy and the boys wanted to sit by Mama! 😊