Tree cutting party

We spent the weekend cutting down trees, vines and shrubs that were either growing in a less than ideal location too close to another tree, or the tree was diseased or dying. The kids had fun hauling branches and wearing large work gloves (that seemed to be the highlight of the day) to carry the twigs and branches. We now have a HUGE pile of branches and limbs that will have to be hauled away in the truck and the yard looks a little more manicured now. The kids really wanted to decide which trees should go as I went around and put ribbons on the ones that were to be taken down. When I told them that they were not able to decide on the tree removals, they then took to the pink ribbons being placed around the trees and played with them for quite some time. We all really enjoyed the awesome weather we had over the weekend as 70 degrees in February is something to celebrate! We ended the weekend with a nice bike ride and Joshua came home wanting more bike time after complaining initially that he didn't want to go and that his back was hurting during the ride...love the change of attitude!! I can't wait for him to start riding his own bike and getting to experience the joy of being able to ride on his own!!