Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Manly work time

So Hubs and boys spent the better part of their weekend chopping, cutting and stacking firewood from the property. We have found that while our insert in our living room is wonderful, it's not as efficient as we had hoped. Imagine our surprise when last week our supply of firewood out in the barn was completely diminished by the first week of February. Unheard of!!

Consequently, Hubs decided something needed to be done because we would NOT resort to using the heater. Nope, no way. Not an option. Needless to say, the boys were much more inclined to turn that thermostat up a few notches than spend their weekend out in the windy tundra. But Daddy won that battle. Oh, and by "tundra", I mean close to 60 degrees and sunny. Lovely CA weather :).

Scout stayed in the truck the whole time. Just wanted to be near his boys

It's all fun and games until your dad makes you sit in the back of the truck and stack firewood

You can doooooo it

Ethan so angelic in the sunlight

Tossing more wood on his pile

Hubs showing the boys how it's done

Necessary maintenance on the chainsaw

Love that you can see him splitting wood in the background :)

The fruits of their labor

Yes they were parked on a hill

Attacking the next bunch of downed trees
We have firewood! Yay! We enjoyed it greatly last night as the temperatures dipped into the high 20's. Yes, I know. People have negative numbers, but for us that's COLD!!

Peace Out :)

4 comments:

  1. Oh I wish we had a fire place this winter! There is something so cozy about the crackling flames. And I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who said, "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."

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    1. Yes, the fireplace is SO wonderful. I don't know what I would do without it. Even now, I'm sitting on the couch next to the fire. There s just something the slight smokey smell of getting a fire started :). Us country folk really appreciate it. And yes, that quote is exceedingly fitting - and a good lesson for the boys :0

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  2. I love the photo of Ethan's "angelic" face...
    the little devil in disguise!

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  3. Terrific photos all of them! But, that one of Ethan is pretty special... and the one of the wood with the chopping business in the background!

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