House Projects Have Begun!

It takes a while for a house to become a home, and we have a list of things to do to make our new house our home.

This was one of the things at the top of the list!  A giant Palo Verde tree was planted way too close to the house needed to come out.  It had grown at a 45 degree angle away from the house and was hanging over the sidewalk and completely covering the front part of the house.  So, it had to go.

Saturday afternoon after digging around the base and chopping some of the larger roots, Dale hooked a chain to the truck and gave it a big tug...

Voila!  Down comes the tree!  You can see how close it was to the house.  We were a little afraid of the damage it could have caused being left there and also coming out! Luckily he was able to bring it down without doing any damage.

Then we cut off branches and piled them on the trailer to take away.  The little neighborhood boys pitched in to help too!

 It was a big job getting it into manageable pieces!  The tree was HUGE! Good thing Dale has a chain saw and some serious muscle! I was surprised at how quickly he was able to get it down and cut it up!  I thought it would be an all-day project, but we were finished in a couple of hours!

Good thing we have kids with muscles to help!

Our house, sans tree!  Looks so much better! You can actually see the house now!

Now on to more projects!