Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Who doesn't LOVE a wood burning stove?!?!

Lady dog LOVES the stove, she will lay in front of it and get so hot she is panting but won't move...she is a smart one ;)

In our house this is the ONLY sorce of heat. Its actually kinda nice, we don't have any utilities besides electricity and we can keep the house as warm as we want!



both boys LOVE to help get the fire going. Here is ryan blowing the fire


and these are the bellows that Caleb made. He is pretty handy, I'm thinkin about keeping him around :)

Cute little story about the artwork on the bellows. Caleb had to draw them out on the wood before he cut it and while he went to go get his saw Luke and Ryan decided that since Daddy drew on the wood, they had to do what he did too! Daddy wasn't too happy but to this day he has not sanded it down or painted it. I think it gives them character!


Oh! And with a wood stove comes the tremendous blessing of a CHAINSAW! Caleb has wanted one for a while, even thought he thought it was super funny when we first moved up here he would hear people bragging about how big their saws were and how much wood their truck can carry.....now he is one of them! We were really blessed to get a really good deal on this saw and have gotten free wood cutting permits for ceder (which lots of people don't like to burn but I LOVE IT! It smells so good!) And we have had lots of 'memories' going out cutting wood already!



Oh and this is for the last post, both boys love the bed in the kitchen!



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