She made me do it.

Yes, my wife did make me catch a chicken so Cooper could pet it.

But look how happy he is. It was so worth it.

Grandview

Grandma Field and "Grandpa" Howard in Grandview. This was the best pit stop on our long 18 hour drive to McCall.

Boys and their tractors. Uncle Howard letting the boys drive his brand new tractor. This is a family tradition.

They start this tradition as young boys, in fact Scott actually rode this exact same small tractor as a boy.

Hard Working Men

These are my Hard working men. And for the first time ever, I didn't have to redo the chore after they did it. Way to go boys.

Camping Prep

The boys are very excited to go to Idaho and go camping so we had some practice rounds cooking hot dogs in the back yard fire pit.

Home Depot

On the First and Third Saturdays of each month all Home Depots everywhere host a free work project. The boys can use hammers and screwdrivers to build a new project. We look forward to it every month. Here they are working hard and focusing.

Finished product. Three happy hard working men. Thanks Robert and Angelisa for introducing this tradition to us.

The Lone Ranger

We found the original black and white episodes of "The Lone Ranger". Did you know that this is him...

Ok, well one of these cowboys is him. But to my kids, they are both him. This is Grandpa Phil, aka the Lone Ranger. During the shows the boys would say, "Look, there is Grandpa Phil" Its a greats show. Bad guys, gun fights, the good cowboy always wins.

These are my Lone Rangers. They played cowboys the rest of the day. Here's to you Grandpa Phil.