Now you see it and Now you don't

 On Friday, June 1st

I came home to a big rope tied around our 30 year old pine tree

 Which had gotten too big and messy.

 Within mere minutes it was down

thanks to the help of many wonderful

friends and family.

 One last photo by the tree that had been

the backdrop to many, many photos over the years.

 Then everyone went to work with gloves, loppers and chain saws.

 Soon - all the branches were off and in the dumpster.

 Thanks to Courtney for keeping Jadyn safely out of the way

or was that the other way around? 

 The neighbors showed up with really big toys

and helped so much!

 As an added bonus - Neil is an expert

with the Bobcat and with surgeon like precision

he dug out and picked up

 the huge stump

and tossed it in the dumpster!

 And then it was gone!

Seriously - in the space of about 2 hours there was

hardly a sign that the tree had ever existed.

Thanks so much to:

Josh, Cassie & Jadyn

Matthew, Sherryl and Jaclyn

Neil, Shirley +2

Jim

Peter

John & Jessie

Tony

Mark, Courtney, Paige