My "Tad Hamilton"

The house we live in has a fireplace.   This fireplace is the main source of heat for us, so we are preparing for a COLD winter here in Vernal.  Lamoni got a firewood permit (which was weird for him, he comes from Oregon - firewood a plenty!) and he went up the mountain with Mosiah to get some firewood.  This is the HUGE pile of trip #1 for firewood.  He told me that he was going to start splitting it. 

 I looked at him with big eyes, and asked, "you mean I get to watch you split wood with your shirt off?"  

He shrugged, and said, "I guess I can take my shirt off,  I used to when I split wood for Tutu-grandma."  

I then got all giddy, and said, "can I blog it?" 

He just rolled his eyes, and mumbled, "I guess. . ."  

I was reminded of one of my favorite movies, "Win a date with Tad Hamilton".  It's a cute movie with the story along the lines of "Bye-Bye Birdie".  Anyway, there's a funny scene when the two men fighting for the girl are on a farm, and the movie-star rips off his shirt and starts splitting wood.  The poor local boy is struggling to be manly enough for his girl who has fallen for this movie-star.  It's a cute movie, and Lamoni is MY "Tad Hamilton".

I know, I'm crazy for my husband, but I can't help it - he's cute to me!

The kids were a big help.  They liked fetching the split wood and bringing it to Daddy so he could stack it.  Once I came to check on them, and was left chuckling at my little Alma.  He decided to set up a pretend "camping" area.  All by himself!  You can see he set up little logs to sit on, and then collected rocks and bark to make a fire-pit.  Then he found a stick to roast marshmallows on!  How cute!!