This whole weekend comprised of hot muggy days outside... Our goal was to remove some of the trees that were growing too close to the house and prep it for painting. We ended up doing a LOT more than that...

Proof that I worked and didn't just take pictures the whole time :)


Antonio with his big boy toy:


1st task: remove the fence swallowing tree:


aaand scene!

Next task... a little bit larger

I gave it a nice little haircut:

but it wasnt enough for antonio and he completely removed it :(

playing with trees

daddy came out and was a tremendous help with those stinkin stumps!

the next up on the chopping list (while maria temporarily fixes the broken door):

removed:

massive overgrowth:

massive trimming:

massive yard mess:

next up on the list:

-haul away all those branches

-pressure wash the house

-paint the house

oh and we hit a slight little speed bump.. our water bill is showing a possible intermittent leak.. either that or the 2 times we flushed the toilet so far in the house consumed over 2000 gallons of water... so really THAT is the priority on our "to do's".. darn.