10 kids & tree removal, all in the same day! Our official "swing tree" had to come down last weekend. So sad. It was huge. When we got the new septic system last fall, they dug trenches right by it, and apparently damaged the roots, then with 40 days straight of rain this past spring, it drowned, or so the tree specialist tells me. It was going to be $900 to have it removed, so of course Adam took it down. It was seriously a huge tree. I wasn't sure how he'd do it. But just like he'd said, "just one limb at a time", he and our friend, Tadd Truscott took it down. Isaac and Luke, looking for snakes or anything else cool in the manure pile...

Luke seriously didn't know that Tinker was right behind him. Tinker kept nudging Luke's head, and it took Luke a few to figure out what was going on. It was pretty funny.

Emma gave pony rides to all the kids. Thanks Emma and Tinker!

Luke's always picking me flowers. Best part of motherhood.

My old roomate, Kashann, from Ricks (not BYU Idaho) came with her 5 kids and husband, Brent, to visit. They are in Buffalo for dental school right now. Even though we're 8 hours apart, be we've been wanting to get together forever since we're both so far from home. The kids hit it right off, her oldest 2 are girls the same ages as my girls.

Below: Savannah and Sarah grooming Tinker after pony rides.

Kashann and I all ready for church! Their stay was actually very short, and they left right before church because they wanted to check out some other areas in New England since Brent will be graduating this next spring and is trying to decided where to set up practice.

8/10 kids, a few had already gone to bed.

Such a fun weekend, thanks Kashann for coming!!!