The Critter Show

For some reason Chris and I decided that we would hire people with heavy equipment to come in and TEAR UP our side and back yards. We started by cutting down six huge pine trees and grinding the stumps. There was a GIANT juniper bush engulfing our deck that is now gone and we can see both of our neighbor's houses! It's so dry it's like a dust bowl out there. We thought for sure that there would be hundreds of critters running from the backhoes to the woods, but only one groundhog was spotted. Chris told our neighbor Sarah that he found three snakes too, but given her insane fear of them, I'm not sure if he was being honest or just trying to torture her.

Our yard looks twice as big now! Everything about the vegetation around our house was beyond overgrown and we got the front yeard tamed last year, so it's only fair that we get the backyard in shape too. Our mission? LOW MAINTENANCE. We also might put in a swingset for the kids beside the side porch. It looks hideous now (and I'm sure our neighbors think that we may be smoking some crack), but give us time!! (And by "us," you know that I mean Chris). I need to take some pics and post them. For now, here are some "before" pics of the giant juniper bush (and three accompanying wasp nests) that are now GONE. See the trees and vegetation on both sides of the house? Gone.