Good Job Team!

I'm really proud of my family.  That pile of tree branches was completely overwhelming but with two days of hard work now behind us, it has been completely taken care of.  We cut, sawed, clipped and bundled a whole lot of tree. 

The first day of dealing with 'the pile' the boys had overnight guests.  Their parents told me to put them to work if I wanted, so I did.  They were all good sports and after a solid hour of helping I set them free to play!  In this picture, Liam look like he's going to take a bite of of that stick and Andrew looks like he can't quite believe how big that pile of branches is!

 Day two and we were back at it.  As you can see from the truck in the background,  we inspired the neighbors to prune their ornamental plum trees.  Actually everyone was out in their yard working like little bees today.  It was a very friendly atmosphere.  About six neighbors came and thanked Keith for pruning that over grown cherry tree!  They were very complimentary...about the job he did.  He does have an artistic eye so it is pruned into a nice shape.

 Liam had his own 'special' way of helping.  Let's just say he was there for entertainment purposes only!

And here is Liam with the final bundles all ready for the yard waste pick up truck on Tuesday.  Thank goodness for Keith who is handy with knots and was able to bundle up the branches quickly and neatly.  We also have about 10 full yard waste brown bags to add to that so the truck driver will have his work cut out for him!  And what a glorious day it was on Saturday.  Toasty warm at 16 degrees which is great weather to do yard work.  Our wonderful neighbor lady even brought us some warm, fresh from the oven muffins to give us energy to finish the job.  I have to say that this neighborhood is all that a neighborhood should be!  I love it.