This morning, we had some guys take down a huge (>70ft) Norway Pine that died a couple of years ago. They're the same family that took down 20+ trees 15 years ago when we were building the addition to the cabin. Now, the boys that helped their dad clean up the brush back then are grown and are the ones who climb the tree and saw of huge limbs on the way up. They then take the tree down in 15-20 foot sections on the way back down. Mom told Zachary he had to watch, because she was paying $300 for the show (a steal, if you ask me!). Jeremy yelled, "Timber" each time a branch came crashing down. I think both boys enjoyed it. When the guy got to the top, Zachary said, "Well, I KNOW I don't want to do that when I grow up!" After they left, we spent the morning cleaning up the yard. Jeremy was a HUGE help and kept talking about how much exercise he was getting. Zachary helped a little, but we kept having to drag him back outside. Tim sawed any usable limbs up into firewood. We all helped stack. Finally, after lunch, I let the boys quick working and took them down to the lake to swim. It was a really warm day! We moved rocks to the shoreline - now there Zachary was a huge help. We pretty much swam and stayed outside all afternoon.
Dinner was tacos - the boys loved it. After dinner, I was exhausted, but we took the boys out fishing anyhow. After a dismal half hour or so, we finally gave in and just let them fish for sunfish. It is WAY more fun than real fishing, because though we get nothing to eat, the kids actually catch fish. They LOVE it. We stayed out from 7PM until dark. They LAUGHED and named each fish and had a great time. It was such a long day, I went to bed as soon as the kids did!
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