cutting down the trees

We have 16 or 17 big cedar trees in our backyard. Ever since we have moved here (4 years ago) we(Ray) have been calling different loggers/tree specialists to cut some of them for free in exchange to take the wood. It is such a tight spot back there that most have refused. They like to get bigger pieces. Ray finally found someone to do it, the only thing they have to take 6 or 7 to make it worth their while.
We have been wanting to get some of them cut down because it is soo dark back there and in our house and it our roof gets all of the "stuff" from the trees.
The tree guys are going to be here soon to start cutting. We're way excited... and a little nervous. I love the trees, but want more light. And we'll still have 9 trees left!

Ray went up on top of the roof to take some pictures.

They asked us to put a big "X" on the ones we want cut down.

From this vantage point the right side are those that are being cut.

The back 2 in this picture are staying.
Above are the 6/7 that are getting cut down. I say 6 or 7 because two are intertwined.
A big one that is staying. We had to move all of the toys, trampoline, swing set to the back corner to be out of the way.
More pictures to follow later today! :)

I'm still here

By the time I finish reading other's blogs and spending a little time on the computer it is time to do something else. That what is summer is all about! I have soo many things to blog about... but not enought time to do and I have gotten so behind that I don't even know where to start. So I decided that I'll start with today and then in the next couple of weeks I will be catching up on blogging and putting the correct date in the settings of when things happened, so I can remember when they happened, after all the blog is for me.. right?