Now I'm a REAL Man

I found some pictures that I forgot to post. A few weeks ago, Rob and his friend Brad had a project they did together. That project was cutting down a tree in our yard. Actually it wasn't really in our yard. It was wedged against our neighbors carport and our garage and it was causing all kinds of problems. So Rob decided that he wanted to cut it down. This of course made me very nervous because he had never used a chainsaw before nad the tree was in such an awkward place that it was just really scary for me to watch. Brad taught Rob how to use the chain saw and they had the tree down in about an hour. Becky (Brad's wife) and I were really impressed. We sat watching them the whole time worried they were going to hurt themselves. :) What can we say...we're wives. Anyway, after the job was done, Rob came up to me and informed me that he was now a man because he had used a chainsaw and cut down a tree. :)

Rob is getting ready for his first cut. It was funny because he went for a branch and revved up the chainsaw really loud so us girls thought He was going for a big branch. Then he cut it and it was a little twig that he probably could have just broken off with his hands. It was hilarious!

This was the part that made me the most nervous. Look how he is cutting above his head and standing on the edge of the roof of the garage. Sheesh. I think this is actually the branch that fell straight down and punctured the roof of our neighbor's carport. Oops. He told us not to worry though because he was oging to tear the whole thing down soon anyway.

Here is Brad putting the chain back on after it came off.

This is a picture of my most favorite plant on our whole property. My sister in law has told me about 20 times what it is called, but I don't remember. It is just so pretty. I love the purple flowers.