Lumberjess

Our trees are looking pretty bad in the front yard. One of them is a lot worse than the other too. So Jess was cutting down a bunch of dead branches yesterday, and today when he came home from work. Last night he started with the tree in the back yard, since it needed the least done. We were sitting in the grass watching him. Branches were falling all around him, so I told him he should wear a helmet. Paige took it very seriously and went and found her Dora helmet. So he had to wear it while he worked. Haha.
When we moved to the front yard, Cason ran all over the groundcover shirtless, wielding this thing like he's one of the stars of Lost.
Today Karl and Barby came over and did a bunch of stuff in the yard for us. Including my early birthday present from them, which was digging up all the plants right by our front door so we can create a little sitting area there. I've wanted to do that for a while, so I'm really excited. The other part of my gift is some money to get cushions for my bench up there. Thanks guys!

They slaved away in the sun while I sewed and watched from my chair. Ha. Paige was very helpful at first.
Then she said she was too tired. So she hung out in the chairs with me,
and chatted with Grammy.
Cason was pretty helpful too, delivering tools to Grammy and Grampy, whether they needed them or not. He was also really polite, saying "Thank you Grampy." and "Sorry Grampy" one time when he kind of ran into his legs from behind. He was really cute, too.