Parents visit - Moving a tree....

Well, my parents came to visit us for a week! This was a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't gotten a chance to blog in a while! It was SOOOO good to have them here! I really miss being able to see them whenever I want! We had a great time and for most of the time, the weather was BEAUTIFUL! Although it did get a little chilly towards the end of the week! But, when Lucas and I moved into our house in April of 2007, there was this really nice little dogwood tree in our front flower bed, well, last spring it grew a lot, and we thought, well we probably don't want a very big tree next to the house, so maybe we should move it... Well, we did some research and found that the best time to move a tree is in the fall after the leaves have started changing since it is going into dormancy, so needless to say, we decided against moving it last fall... WHAT A MISTAKE! This spring it exploded and grew about 6 feet taller and 2 feet wider. Now we HAD to move it, and there was no way that Lucas and I were going to be able to do it on our own, so since my parents were coming we thought it would be a great opportunity to put them to work! Well, we successfully moved the tree, and it wasn't as hard as we had initially thought it was, but we'll have to wait until the spring to see if it survives! We'll see!!!!! Mom took lots of pictures, so ENJOY!

First - we had to pull up all of the roots. Thankfully they were only about 2 inches under the soil!