The workers showed up to cut down the tree and we had 3 family members in tears. I didn't think I'd cry, but I did a little. It was fascinating to watch them cut the tree down. Hauling themselves up the tree by just a rope and then cutting branches. They actually cut 4 of our trees down. A couple were leaning into a neighbors yard and making him nervous. That makes 5 that we've lost this year and 9 that we've lost since moving in. We have another 4 aspens that are needing to come down, but I think we're going to do those ourselves. The daycare kids were glued to the windows and doors. It was great 2 days of easy entertainment for them. Our backyard now looks absolutely huge and empty. We want to plant a southern live oak, but we don't know if it would survive here.
The stump is wide enough that you could fit 4-5 kids sitting on it across. And you can see where the split was happening right in the middle.
My memories
Showers, parties, family reunions, Thanksgiving dinners, etc... Jer and I called it the Party Tree for a little while.
Family soccer games.
I also have so many pictures of nieces and nephews hanging out of the tree. My nephew, Matthew, made a swing out of a rope and a bit of pvc pipe. It was used for years until Jer had to limb it up last year and took down that particular branch. This picture is after it had been limbed up very dramatically for two years in a row.
Daycare and kid playdates.
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