We're Back!!!... and now for part FOUR!

"For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."

Psalm 84:11

Wow! has it ever been a long time since the last post!  Time flies by when you're having fun. : )

A couple weeks ago, we took another trip out to our property, but this time with a little more excitement than usual . . .  One of our neighbors was to come over and help us with a few major tasks. The first thing on the agenda was to get the carriage set onto the sawmill, and the other was to get the poles for our barn stood up.  Both were impossible feats with just two men . . . strong men, I might add, but men nonetheless. : )  The backhoe was SUCH a blessing!

 Hookin' the carriage up . . .

 Perfect!

 Then came the tricky part.  None of them had ever set poles like this before, so the first one took some figuring.

 Almost there . . .

 And she's up!

After the first one, it seemed the others went up very quickly.  12 poles in all.

  They started toward evening, and they were all up before nightfall.

The next day, Dad and Ray worked hard on the sawmill getting everything working just right ~ ready for the first cut!

 It was SOOO exciting to watch the first log being turned into . . .

THESE!!!! : )

* I personally thought it looked like fun to ride on the carriage as it zipped back and forth, but just one look at that ferocious blade spinning so fast quelled my gusto. : ) *

 My precious Daddy enjoying a much-deserved break . . . and FOOD! : )

It seems no post about our land is ever complete without at least a few pictures of fire.  Maybe because that's a big part of what goes on out there right now.  Whether they're working on the sawmill, clearing brush and weeds, pulling logs, or setting poles, there's a fire burning somewhere.  We are so thankful to the Lord for how quickly the remaining huge piles have been burnt!

And now that it's turning cold, we'll just have to get us some marshmallows! : )

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

I Corinthians 2:9