Getting Wood

A couple of weekends ago, we went and got a load of wood. We had fun, and we were surprised when we got up there and found snow in the canyon. I don't think I am quite ready for snow yet!


We had a pretty good system down and was able to fill the trailer quickly.
Matt and Tylor ran the chain saw
Then Tylor threw the log to Megan...Then Megan threw it to Ashley...

Ashley threw the log to Alice.


Then Alice threw it into the trailer.
Stacking the wood in the trailer. It was a lot of work, but we had fun!

Talented Daughter

This is a picture of a beautiful wood-burning that Erica made for me and Tylor. She is so talented and thoughtful, always sharing her awesome talents with us.
Here is a close-up of the face on it. The detail is amazing. This was done by looking at a Greg Olsen painting, and she drew it on the wood without tracing it. I need to get a picture of her holding it. She is very talented, she taught herself how to wood burn. Thanks so much, Erica we will always treasure this!

Things a Mother Doesn't Like to Watch her Children Do

Matt needed to clean out the chimney of his house, and couldn't find a ladder long enough to do it. (The roof has metal shingles that are too slippery to climb up the steep pitch) So he brought home a tractor from work. But that didn't get him up high enough either. So he had to put the ladder in the bucket of the tractor, then Tylor had to climb up and steady the ladder while Matt climbed up it. Then he had to shimmy around the ladder to get on the peak of the roof. (I didn't get any pictures of him on the ladder, because I had my eyes closed)
Then he had to balance on the peak of the roof to clean out the chimney. He was about half way done, and the rod broke. So, he had to come down, fix the rod and go back up again. This is definitely one of those things that a mother doesn't like to watch her children do. (Next time, I might just stay home!)