Loud Chain Saws

I forgot to include this picture in the original post about the sad tree removal. John was not very fond of the loud chain saws...so the only way he would stay outside was if I held my hands over his ears while they were running. But once they were off he was happy to run around and help clean up all the branches. :)

Watch as the tree comes down.....

Here is a video of the tree actually coming down. Myself, Cheryl and Mitch were across the street while Sam, John and Izzie watched from the front living room window (safely in the house). It came down exactly where Mike and Bill wanted it to.

After the tree came down....

Here's what the tree looked like after it came down. Bill and Cheryl took the bigger pieces to use for fire wood for next years camping season. We even got a picture of the last leaf that was attached to the tree after it was put in the wood pile.

Preparing the tree to come down.....

Here are some pics of Mike and Bill preparing the tree to come down by cutting down some of the lower branches. As soon as Mike tried to use the pole saw...the chain fell off so they decided to just go for the entire thing and go towards Bill's driveway.

You've Got Mail!!! :)

Apparently Miss Isabelle decided she needed to check her email and see if any of her Peeps (as John would say) has sent her anything. She did notice that Mama had been slacking at her blog so she got on me for that....hence the new entry! We hope Grandma and Grandpa are having a nice visit in Tennessee with Shelly and the girls! :)

Becky

Pumpkins anyone???

After the apple orchard we were off to the pumpkin farm where we got to see all sorts of animals and ride a train around the farm. It took a lot of work to get Isabelle to pose by the pumpkins but I think we got a pretty good shot. Hope we didn't wear out grandma and grandpa too much...it was a long day...but another one to add to the record books. :) 3 years in a row and counting!!

Picking apples

Saturday we had fantastic weather to go and pick apples at a local apple orchard. Although it was challenging to find apples that we could reach at times....we successfully filled our bag with all varieties of apples. After the apple orchard we were off to the pumpkin farm!