a treehouse...

a little over a year ago, the idea of a treehouse started to brew.   

a space for the kids to hide out... read a book... dream up imaginary worlds... 

we have one little tree in the backyard, and it was just calling for some company :)

and so we began...

we used these plans from treehouse guides to guide us.  we made alterations along the way to fit our tree and our imaginations...

sometimes, we worked into the night...

we made slow, but steady progress...

learned a lot throughout the process...

dreamed of the things we'd do up there...

and the ideas became reality.

we added a way in...

and a pretty awesome way out...

collected some tree stumps for below for even more fun...

we made sure there was a way to make deliveries...

and added a sweet little path...

with some special messages...

and, after a lot of hard work, and some great memories...

our treehouse is complete.

  

  

we've since added a few little fun details here and there.  but that's for another day.