Timber.....

Naty has finally conquered the tree!! He's been having a great ole time with that thing and has been trying to cut it down for years and finally something went PING in his brain and he decided to get rid of it before Bubbs is too big for a clubhouse. It was going to be a treehouse but it's breaking that brick wall (in the back). Instead, he decided to get rid of it and build it on 4 legs and elevate it that way.

In the process....

Tree down and here he's grinding down the stem

Naty decided to get a stem grinder type thingy and shredded it all up into pieces. I'm so proud of his progress and I can't wait to get started on the clubhouse.

Update on Love Tree

Day 1

Day 4

Up Close

I love my tree :-) and guess what?!?! we have another growing in a pot, my FIL took it from one of his properties and wanted to see if it would grow and it did! So now we have another for our backyard! yayy!

The Love Tree

Naty bought me this tree about 3 years ago for our anniversary and I take care of it like it's one of my kids. It's a crepe/crape myrtle and it fills up with bright pink flowers every summer, it's sad cause it only lasts a couple of months and before having Nate (in August) this was the only thing I looked forward to in the summer (I hate summer, hehe). I just had to take a pic cause it's ready to bloom any day now.

Windy Night

We almost got blown away last night, the santa anas kicked up and almost blew us to Kansas. The tree was rocking and Bubbs avocado tree almost collapsed but Thank God nothing bad happened. Naty and I were just watching the tree getting closer to the power lines and we said, "oh man, we're losing our power," but that didn't happen so I know for sure he'll take care of that tree after that happened. Big pieces fell everywhere and part of our front tree was in the neighbors yard. Also, I followed Naty to chat with the neighbor and all we see is the other neighbor's car cover in the air floating like a ghost and holding on for dear life then I happen to look out about an hour later and it was gone, LOL. I felt bad after for not pulling it off for him and giving it to him but it was really late and I didn't want to get shot for pulling something off someones car. After I dropped off Bubbs at school I had to drag the big branches that fell off the front tree into the drive way, OMG! they were so heavy. Oh and forgot to mention that our next door neighbor has wood singles and some came off and are in our yard too, great! more crap to clean up. Overall, I'm glad our power didn't go off and that we're safe. Naty needs to cut that tree, ASAP!