Brother Lloyd and I started with the first of the trees coming down on May 22. The building took about 6 weeks with days off and since I was in no hurry, I didn't hurry. I had lots of help and really appreciate that. The kids will too. It was certainly a labour of love and is now in good enough shape I can leave it alone for a bit while I get some other stuff done. The end result looks better in person than on any drawings I made up to try and make sure it all went together well. There are no major issues with the construction, although I did have a few days that questioned my sanity when things didn't go as smoothly as I had predicted or wanted.

 Here's the latest of the treehouse pictures. This is from the deck.  

 The steps aren't perfect - these were done in a hurry quite early on and I needed to get them together so I could save time. But they work OK for now. I may need a little more challenge for the kids to crawl or climb up to the house. 

Here's what you see from the walkway coming over from the garage.