A Busy Weekend

What a busy weekend we had! We finally had some nice weather so we could get outside and do a few things in the yard.
Brianna had a soccer game early Saturday morning... about 9 AM. I had to work but luckily it wasn't so busy that I was able to get out of there and make it to the last 15 - 20 minutes of her game. Of course she scored 3 goals -- all of them before I got there!! But CJ and Zach and all the other parents were there to cheer her on and congratulate her!!
After the game, we came home and CJ, Brianna and I went for a long walk. Actually, Brianna rode her bike while CJ and I walked! She has finally gotten the hang of riding without training wheels or any help from one of us, so she likes to get out and ride as much as she can. And of course, she got tired of riding before we got back home, so CJ had to push the bike home the rest of the way!!!!
We did yard work most of the afternoon until it was time for Zach to go to baseball practice. While visiting with the neighbors outside, we came to the conclusion that we would really like to rip out all those trees and bushes along the back fence. Most of them are dead or dying anyway and they are such an eyesore. Now we want to plant grass and maybe a few rosebushes along the fenceline. We decided we would start on this on Sunday....
After church and a big breakfast on Sunday, CJ and Zach went to work on the "mess" of trees along the back fence. They were cutting and ripping out, etc. There are alot of smaller branches and twigs and vines... and of course all this stuff is growing and wrapping around some power lines running across the top! Not a very easy job for them. It took until 7 PM to cut down two tree/bushes, cut them up into smaller pieces, burn smaller twigs, and haul all the excess onto CJ's truck for a trip to the landfill. What a job!! And considering that we have nine more tree/bushes to go, this could take us all summer!!!! Wish us luck!!!