Huge Changes

So here's a VERY quick overview of the last 2 weeks at our house.

(and the reason I haven't been blogging)

#1- This picture illustrates why we had to buy a Suburban.

Because you can't yank 15 foot trees out of the ground with a minivan!

That's Mama in there workin' the 4 wheel drive. Yee haw!

#2- Now that the trees over the septic tank are gone, by all means break out a tractor & take care of the rest of the shrubbery.#3- Make sure to include the kiddos. They're awfully good help.

#4- Sadly dig out the trees that didn't survive our 8 degree nights last winter. :(

Mama got to drive the tractor to help Daddy pull out all of those HUGE tap roots. :)

#5- Once you have a clean slate you can start building it back up!#6- Bring in the heavy equipment & let's get this done!#7- I'll spare you the boring details, but we started Monday with this:

#8- And by lunch on Tuesday we had this!

#9- Now I have 3 kiddos that look happy like this:

(Ignore Jack. He rarely looks happy when there's a camera pointed in his direction. Trust me, he's happy.)

#10- We've also planted 3 new trees to replace the ones we lost, worked on my new flower beds, revived our dingy grass, & have started on the next project- a coop for our newest family members-Do you see the family resemblance?

Needless to say, I think I'll go take a nap.