My brother cutting a tree!

I came home from work yesterday to find my brother and father cutting down a tree at my house. I have many black walnut trees and I can't stand the mess so a few years ago, I told my brother he could cut the trees down and take the wood. (he burns a wood burning stove all winter).
When I got home, the tree had been cut but was hung up on another tree and was stuck on the stump that was cut. Winching it off the stump didn't work so I called my neighbor with a tractor to come over and pull it off.
Once the tree was off the stump it was still hung up on another tree.
To make a long complicated story alittle shorter........
The tree started to fall which in turn caused a higher branch to break off. This branch fell and hit my brother Dan as he was trying to run away from it. The branch hit him in the head, back, and hip. 911 was called and the ambulance came. (lots of excitement at my house Monday night!)
They took him to Rochester General Hospital.
He has multiple factors of his shoulder blade.
He's still a patient at RGH but I did talk to him and he's hoping to come home today!
Please keep my brother Dan, and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Tanner's last wrestling tournament

Tanner's last wrestling tournament for the year was last Saturday in Penn Yan.

We were up and out of our house by 6:15am. After a few hours at the tournament, it came to our attention that Tanner didn't need to be there until 11:30am. Ooooops.

Oh'well - we were there so we just watched the other children wrestle waiting for Tanner to start.

He wrestled hard and came in 4th place.

Accord to Tanner, this was his last tournament ever....time will tell.

Either way - I was proud of him.

Garage door project

Bob is getting closer and closer to finishing up the garage door project.
I can now say the walls really are done. The walls themselves are finished.
Bob just has some back filling to do.

Makayla's band concert

Makayla had her 2nd band concert on Wednesday night. She's been playing the flute since this past July. Her first concert was in the Fall and this was the last concert of the year.
She was sooooo excited - yet alittle nervous.
She did an EXCELLENT job! I was very proud of her.
After the band concert, she came home and played some more. Tanner even got his baritone horn out and played with her. I had my own mini concert going on in my livingroom!!

The walls are done!

Bob, the worker bee, has been working like crazy. (I think he's ready to be done with this project).
He worked very hard last night and finished the retaining walls. They look awesome!
This morning he got up early and poured the concert. Once all of that sets - he'll pour the new pad and then back fill the walls.
This project is almost done!

Retaining walls

Ok so Bob really is on a mission.....he wants this project done.
You know how one thing leads to another..... well, this project was no different. :-)
A simple garage door project is taking weeks.
However, Bob can see the end of the tunnel (I hope anyway).
Here are the latest pictures (taken early this morning).
The retaining walls are "almost" done.

Bob is hoping to pour cement this weekend.

Garage door project coming along!

Bob's been working hard on his garage door project! The door's installed but the outside work still needs to be completed. Which means- cutting the old concert pad, jackhammering the old concert out, installing new drainage pipe, building retaining walls, back filling....will this job ever end???? LOL
Bob just said - It might! LOL
Last weekend, Bob cut the old concert and were busy jackhammering old concert away.
I was helper - moving broken concert. :-)
More pictures and info. coming later.