For the past eleven years, Todd has had to work two jobs which meant the kids got very little time with him. So when Todd offered for the boys to go up with him into the mountains to get firewood I willingly cancelled school for the boys so they could have this much needed time with dad.
Thursday and Friday the boys set off at 8am to ride in grandpa's pick up truck and headed into the Cascades. They layered on the clothes, put on their snow pants, gloves, and hats and brought extra socks to make sure they were warm and dry since there would be snow where they were headed. A sack lunch and a thermos full of hot chocolate and they were good to go. The boys had fun and got to see what men do to provide for their family. Todd has not handed over the ax to them yet to start splitting the wood but that time will come soon enough.
Todd went back up today to get another cord of wood minus the boys, but today we will go stack wood at Todd's parent's house. Todd figures he will get one more permit to get four more cords of wood to be on the safe side. He may not go up and get all four cords but at least we will have the option to do so.
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