Today I am thankful for my partner in projects, my DH.  We both really love this crepe myrtle in front of our house (2nd picture)  Big bright pink flowers.  Very full and healthy.  Just not the location.  It got so big this year that it crowded both our front patio and our front walkway.  It just could not stay.

So, we had to rake through 2 layers of decorative rock and cut through landscaping fabric and move it all to the side to access the roots.  Then we dug and dug and had to cut a bunch of roots, just to get it loose at all.  Then we tried out our winch and it pulled it right out.

We then dug a huge hole in a suitable area of our yard and dragged it to the new spot and dropped it in.  Then we went to the nursery to see what sort of decorative small tree they had that we could put in front of our house.  We did not have a lot to choose from, but they had this interesting weeping blue cedar and thought it would look nice.  We just hope it does ok.  I really wanted a Japanese Maple, but the lady at the nursery said they don't like full/all day sun.  So we went with this selection.

I like how it does not over power the front of our house (1st photo).
Hope you have a great weekend!