This fall Ben decided some of our trees in the backyard needed to come down. They were growing sideways and with the big Sandy superstorm having passed he figured we should get them down before the next storm. *Side Note: I always think of the worst possible scenario. (Ben says I live a tortured life.) I LOVE living by all these trees but when a storm comes I panic and pray like crazy that they don’t fall on my house and kill us. We have some really big trees around us.

Cutting down one tree ended up being three huge trees. One tree fell on the fence and so Ben took down the rest of the side fence as a precaution. After two trees the chainsaw needed sharpening which meant it had to be taken to a shop which added another week to the fiasco. Our neighbors started making jokes and calling Ben Paul Bunyan because it seemed like tree after tree was coming down. (Just one tree takes forever with as big as they are and as many branches as they have.) Our yard was a mess for a few weeks but alas Ben completed his tree task and while my dad was in town he helped him put the fence back up. Back to normal finally!! With all the mess and time spent I will say this…my husband is one hot lumberjack. 🙂