U don't wanna touch this

All of these were sprayed with round-up shortly after the photo shoot.

Sayonara Sweetgum

The sweetgum tree was on Sue's tree hit list, and it was only a matter of time until it had to go (it was too close to the house, and it dropped little mace-like balls on the yard). We're getting the windows in the house replaced, so we decided to cut the tree down now (so if it fell the wrong way and broke a house window, it would break one of the old windows).

The thrill (or at least the adrenaline release) was heightened by the fact that it was windy that day, and the chainsaw stopped halfway through. After about 10 minute the saw started again, and the tree fell nicely away from the house, so it all ended well. (We did have a rope on the tree and Sue was pulling on it to guide the fall of the tree). I need a new chainsaw before cutting down any more larger trees.

After cutting the tree up, Maria helped pick up the pieces

Opening presents

Opening some presents from Aunt Sandy and the Hello Kitty cake for Maria's birthday party.

Pictures of the young'ins

My mother informed me that I had not updated the blog in a while with pictures of the kids. Detecting a hint, here's some pictures from the last couple of months.