More Helpers

It seemed like everyone was excited to help start work at the cabin again. The rainy weather kept us all inside looking for projects to do. The boards that were in the windows for the winter had a lot of nails in them, so we decided to pound out the nails so we could use the boards again if we needed to, or just have them for firewood.Kaylie working hard pulling out nails
Zac getting the nails pounded through to the other side

Isaac was happy to be using tools!

Ty loved playing in the mud - I mean he loved planting trees!

Zac helping to deliver a pine tree to the hole Grandpa dug.

Planting Trees

We want to get some trees growing on the property. We heard of a program through the State Forrest Service where you can order seedlings for a great price. We ordered them last fall. They were ready to pick up last week. Brancen is working on his Webelos Badge and one of the requirements for an award is to plant 20 trees. We had 100 seedlings to plant so his enthusiasm for scouts works in our favor! We took him and his friend Michael up to the property on Saturday so they could each plant 20 trees. It was a very rainy and muddy day.

Brancen and Michael ready to plant!

While they waited for the rain to let up, they played tennis in the basement.
Then they pulled nails out of boards.

We finally decided to plant in a slow drizzle to get them in. By the time we were finished with 50 trees, it was raining a lot harder. At least the trees got off to a wet start. Hopefully we can keep them growing all summer. It will be fun to watch them grow and remember how small they started out. Thanks Webelo Scouts Brancen and Michael!

Back to Work!!

The snow has all melted at Scofield and the yard work in Payson in just about done! We went up to the cabin on Friday to see how things fared during the winter. It didn't look like snow made it into the cabin, or if it did, it didn't cause any damage. Our window coverings held up pretty good! We took down all the boards and plastic covering the windows.

It was like opening a big present!
Now you can see out the windows again!
I found a bird's nest on the fireplace wall. There weren't any eggs in it, so it was probably a winter home for a bird family. We got excited to get back to work! The problem is now that the logs are stacked, where do we start now?! So many things to do!