TIIIMMMMBBBEERRRR!

We use a wood burning stove to heat our cabin and we were out of fuelwood (this is what it is called, the wood you use for your fire places and stoves, new lingo, I learned this by looking at the maps we used to look for the fire wood). So anyway we went on a journey into the back back woods looking for trees with no more pine needles on them to cut down.

This is Kevin cutting down the first of many trees. The kids and I would stand way back and yell "TIIMMMBBEEERRR!" when it tipped over.

Stopping for a lunch break. We left at 10:30 in the morning and didn't get back to town until 5:30'

Kevin cut a lot of logs with the chainsaw and then the boys and I loaded them into the truck and trailer. I think I heard Henry say "Wogs!" over a hundred times.

The next morning we got up, ate breakfast, and then headed outsided and unloaded all of the logs from the truck and trailer and Kevin started splitting the wood. Notice on the picture above that there is not much wood on the deck. By the way, I unloaded all of those logs, the boys helped a lot too, but goofing off with eachother was much funner ( is that a word?). I was happy to unload though because I tried to swing to axe twice, the first I almost completly missed the log, and the second I hit the log square but the wedge inserted the wood about 3mm. Kevin swung that axe from 10:30 until 3:30. Fatique was setting in for sure.

And the finshed product. So much work, but so much reward. If anyone is passing by this winter and looking for a warm place to stay, stop on by, we would love to see you!

Our Family Adventure!

This weekend we decided to go on a family adventure to watch our Broncos take on the University of Oregon Ducks. On Thursday night we drove to Bend, OR and spent the day on Friday taking in the sites with Aunt Meme and Uncle Dave. Aunt Meme showed us all of her old stomping grounds, took us to a great breakfast place, and to a great park. The kids rode thier scooters all around downtown Bend and I had fun taking pictures of them. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Go Broncos!

On Saturday we cheered on our Broncos to thier first ever BCS win away from home. The Duck's stadium was incredibly loud until we started to take a pretty hefty lead on them. Then of course it got loud again at the end when they almost came back to beat us. Both of the boys slept through the first half of the game, but they made up for it the second half because everyone around us was feeding Henry thier sugar, and we can't thank Uncle Randy enough for getting Avery a frozen lemonade. After the game was over we got to go down on the turf where we got a picture with the famous Buster the Bronco and Avery got into some pick up games with some of the Duck fans. Thank you Uncle Beavis and Aunt Callie for the great hospitality. Sorry Aunt Callie about you Ducks.

Sunday and the Zoo!

On Sunday we went to the Oregon Zoo in Portland and I think this was the best zoo I have ever been to. We were there for 5 hours and the kids had a ball. They had every kind of animal there and it was almost like the movie Madagascar where the animals liked to perform for you. My favorite was the hippo. He strutted his stuff like he was on the cat walk. We rode on a choo choo main (in henry's terms) and listened to Henry yell "all aboard" almost the entire twelve minutes. Needless to say, the kids slept almost the entire 7 hour drive home from Portland.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Kuntz!

We would like to wish our very special Great Grandpa Tuntz (as Avery and Henry pronounce) a Happy Happy Birthday. He turned 78 today and is still a young chicken. He has been a consistent role model spiritually and emotionally. Thank you Grandpa for all you do. We love you!

Congratulations Angie and Perry!

Last night we went out to the Farm to Celebrate Angie and Perry's wedding reception\Cancer free Fiesta Gigante and let me tell you, it was a gigante fiesta. Angie and Perry secretly officially got married yesterday and will have a non secret unofficial ceremony in Mexico in November. We couldn't be happier for you Angie and Perry and we wish you the best for a life time of love and happiness. Thank you for the wonderful party.

Happy Birthday Henry!

I can't believe this day has already come. Henry is "two" he says as he holds his two first fingers up. He had a fun filled day starting with spending with Nana, lunch with all of his great aunts, and then presents cake and ice cream. He is definately a blessed little boy. Thank you everyone for sharing our day with us.

Hey Dog Fans!

Lights, Camera, Action! We went on a mystery train ride with Capitol Dental on Saturday night. Jaime and I were without our hubby's so we decided to be married for the night. We had the best time dressing up for this as you can see. For any of you whom don't know who Dog the Bounty Hunter is try googling it. Oh, and Jaime is my wife Beth.

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