We are all sore to our cores, 3 loads of wood, God truly blesses our lives.

We intended to get a real early start but after, loading the truck, trailer, kids supplies and milking the goats we didn't get out of here until 9:30ish, we got up on the mountain, which is 17 miles the short way, about 10:30ish.  We scoped out the trees we wanted to take, several were already laying on the ground,  The first haul I helped hook with Son.  Poppie and Son had to go to where Mokie and the kids were sitting, where were we going to deck the wood.  The kids were eating snacks and they told them a bear was going to eat them with all the food laying around.  Mokie told me later all the kids were frightened and she had to calm them down. Naughty Daddies.  Mokie picked a few huckleberries while we finished hauling the first three logs down.  The decking area was out of the way of anyone who would pass by on the relatively isolated road.  It took less time to saw and stack the wood than it had taken to drag the logs down.  We worked as a team, Poppie, Son and I sawed, Mokie and the kids carried and stacked wood.  Once the sawed blocks got ahead a bit I stopped sawing and helped Mokie and the kids carry and stack.  My two girls can both stack a mean load of fire wood.  Yogie was more aggressive at it this time, she usually is, Booboo had to be encouraged a bit to get into the rythm.  Cubbie and Boy helped as much as they could and are getting to be good in their own right.

Grandpa showed up from the farmers market right after we hauled the second set of logs, we filled him up right away and hauled the last set to fill mine and Poppies load.  We did very well over all from first log to last block in the trailer was 6 hours.  Two trailers, two trucks and a little on Sons suburban.  Good days work.  The breeze was pleasant on the top of the mountain, made the sun not so hot.  Poppie and I both got sunburned, he will be tanned out by noon, I will be sore for a couple days.  We both have sore muscles that hadn't been used for awhile.  The girls are ready for a new day, no sore spots anywhere, the resilience of youth.  They are going to get to have ice cream cones today for all their hard work, going to take them to get ones down town later this afternoon.

The girls and I made our first kefir smoothies from our new kefir grains last night.  One peach, one raspberry and one combo,  they were wonderful.  Today will be a day of rest and soul replenishment, we certainly needed it in our lives.  Grandpas said the farmers market was a little slow. I am not sure if the girls will do any more this year, they don't get alot of time to bake so I have to do more of it and maybe we won't do any we will have to talk about it. One last note of the weeks goings on.  Kelly, who I had previously spoken of,  her murder trial was brought to a conclusion this week.  Her ex-husband plead guilty to the charges, he spared his mother, Kelly's family and the community the trauma of a lengthy trail.  He was sentenced to 55 years in prison,  He is 51 years old.  The community can now heal properly and Kelly has her rest with the Lord......... tomorrow.