Want some needles?

Pine needles, that is... We moved into our house this past August, not even a week after Kaiden was born. (Talk about trying not to overdo it! Thankfully, my family and Trish were very generous and helped us move!) Needless to say, I wasn't about to kill myself trying to get the yard nice. Then cold weather came, and now we're *finally* getting the chance to get yard work done!

We had some trees removed a couple weeks ago, and now have a yard full of brush. We're slowly but surely getting it cut, and will be giving it out for free firewood/campwood. I'll be happy when it's gone! The rest of hte brush is getting burned, I think we'll have enough for a lifetime of bonfires! We're also getting the yard raked up, and it's AMAZING how many pine needles there are (well, were!) all over the yard! It's about half done now, and we've already got a huge pile of needles!


After half the yard has been raked... This pile is about 4' high, and 6' wide!

Some of the brush in the yard... Can't wait to see it gone!

Good weather, good friends!

Today was the first truly beautiful day we've had this year. It was sunny out, with just a little breeze, and nice and warm - about 70F! This definitely makes up for the 15+ inches of snow we've had just this month! It's supposed to be just as nice tomorrow, and near 80F on Monday! What a great weekend to clean up after the big storm we had this week! We were without power for two days, but thankfully the basement didn't even get damp, impressive considering we had over 5" of rain!

Considering the nice weather, and the large amount of brush we need to burn from having 5 large pines removed recently, we thought it would be a great chance to have a BBQ and bonfire. We invited a bunch of friends and family, and had a great day of it! Nate manned the grill, we had dogs and burgers of course, and some really good bbq chicken and ribs with homemade bbq sauce. Yum!

We managed to clear some of the brush, and got about half of the yard raked up. All in all, a very productive day, and so much fun! Spending the day with a bunch of friends, with good food and good weather. Can't get better than that!