Goodbye Shade

Dustin's uncle Tom came and removed a tree from the front of our house today! The tree's roots have become out of control! The roots were starting to come up underneath the driveway cement and towards our house. The tree provided much shade that will be missed but we're just worried about the trees' roots. We probably wouldn't have done anything about it for a while or until it was a really big problem but uncle Tom took the tree out for FREE! Heres before, during and after shots!
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I'm not so sure how I feel about taking the tree out now thats it done but its kind of too late. I'm really wanting to plant some rose bushes and some flowers so we'll see!