Background cleanup?

I'd like to thank all of you for your help! I'm afraid that what I'm coming away with is that I need to invest the money and take the time to learn Photoshop proper. I knew this wouldn't be the easiest of tasks because of the leaves but I was hoping that there was an "easier" way. It looks as though I'll just have to suck it up and learn

Thank you again for your help, the edits look great, now I just need to learn how to replicate the actions! I'll be perfectly honest, I told my wife I'd take our daughter out and re-shoot it