Trees for Sale!

On Monday I decided to finally use my Mother's Day and Birthday gift certificates for our local nursery. (If you wait until fall the roses go on sale for half-price) When I got there I thought, "Oh what the hey, I'll look at the trees too". And guess what?! Their great big trees were on sale for 50% off! And with my gift certificate that's practically free... right? Well not actually... but for the sake of argument I'm saying it is. hehe.

So we had this lovely tree (that is already bigger than the Maple we planted 4 years ago) delivered and planted it in the front yard. It'll take a few more years but it should be fabulous shade for Olivia's room and my office! (the hottest rooms in the house) I'm excited, it's a London Planetree... or sycamore if you like, and they're supposed to get anywhere from 50' to 80' tall! Sweeeeet. And, they're supposed to like crappy sandy soil, which is so lucky.. because that's what we've got! hehe.

The only bummer was that I bought it on a day that was 90 degrees and then Matt and I had to dig a 5' wide by 2' deep hole before the delivery truck arrived. Uhh.. not fun. I'm all sunburned now too. But I still like my new tree!