Boys & Their Toys!

Ok, so I'm guessing there aren't too many of you out there who can truly say their husband brought home this big of a toy to play with...am I right??? Cleo had been telling me that there was a piece of equipment he wanted to borrow from work to dig up the tree stumps in the woods immediately surrounding our yard, but honestly, I had no clue it would be this big!!! On Friday night after work this is what pulled into our yard---imagine the look on my face and more importantly, the look on Cleos' to have this "toy" to play with over the weekend.

So he got to work early Saturday morning and spent about 8-9 hours digging up tree stumps and then making piles of debris and then removing those piles of debris into the woods. I'm pretty sure he was in his glory all day sitting on that piece of equipment. It's a good thing he spent so much time out there yesterday as it was pretty muddy already with all the rain we've had over the last couple weeks and it's starting to rain this morning. He did get the backhoe stuck slightly a couple times yesterday but nothing too serious.

This was the first stump to come up...

This was several hours into the project...sleeves rolled up and gloves on!! Down to business now!

One of the many piles of debris...and while it looks as if he just made a mess, there was a method to his madness. He now needs to get a skid steer (not sure what that is either!) and he says he can level it all out and "dress it up" so that he can then put seed down. There will be a firepit in the middle so we can enjoy nights roasting marshmallows or making smores and while we still have lots of work to do, we are enjoying it all very much.

I am very grateful for a husband who loves to "play" with big toys and who loves doing fun things to our property. We still have many plans but a little at a time.....