Work or Play Time

When one is working hard, one appreciates help. My Big Guy was working hard last weekend, in the field, in the rain and miserable weather. He was staging the logs for sawing. I was asked to help “roll” the logs to an area. We are talking large logs. Huge. Heavy work! But I donned gloves and assisted. I helped when called and returned to the house to take care of my work there.

We communicate by radio since the logs lay in our side field. After a while, I thought I should check in. When the Big Guy failed to answer our calls, the kids and I decided to check on him. After all, he is working with a chain saw, the weather is bad, things can happen.

As we approach the worksite, here comes the Big Guy on a …4-wheeler. We don’t own a 4-wheeler and by now, the kids are excited, jumping and running around. Our good neighbor thought the Big Guy should use his 4-wheeler to help move the logs. Meanwhile, I am thinking, “he’ll be moving logs (a.k.a. playing on a big boy toy) all day now!

So, what does a father do?
2 excited kids + a boy toy = hop on…let’s go for a ride!



The little big guy was hooting during the ride around the field and upper pond. Our daughter, well, she smiled and sat on the back like she owned it! I had to run to the house to grab the camera and I clicked a picture or two before the 4-wheeler was returned.