2/17/17 Jake takes a lot of pride in the old Chevy truck. He hand pumped the tire to his truck so he
could drive it. He said he has to drive it at least once a week. He drove it to
the shop, gave it a good wash, then drove to Grandma's where she helped him
clean the interior. It was a much needed cleaning as he had at least a dozen
air fresheners in it trying to mask the cat pee odor. Scrubbing and cleaning
seats and floors helped tremendously in the odor problem. His truck sparkled
and shined. Jake likes to be at the shop tinkering on things and Mark had him help with the combine. 
With the warm weather we are having, Jake has been riding his dirt bike all over. Sometimes he gets his cool Fox racing shirt on. Both boys like to venture to the dog house place to do some more exploring. The property is officially ours and for young boys it is fun and exciting. They love going and looking around for hours. They also like destroying old junk cars and random things. They are clearing an area to make a motorcyle path. Jayden has gone up with them in the Gator with Tuff riding along. The weather was great 76 degrees today, loving it! Friday we smashed the record high for February. The old record was 68 and we hit 75.
2/21/17 Over the weekend, Mark moved Jake's garden tractor to the big shop. That was a big moment for Jake because that meant it was one step closer to fixing it. At the age of 5, he found the little garden tractor at Leotta's old farm and begged his Dad to bring it home. Mark scooped it up with the tractor loader and brought it home and set it out back by a shed. Jake would sit on it when he was little, then tinker with it. A few years ago, he got Mark to move it into our shop so he could start taking it apart and fixing it up. Now, he got it to the big shop for some real mechanic help. He has been patiently waiting for years to have someone help him restore the tractor. He had some of the hired men looking at it giving him pointers and help. He has been looking up parts for it. This afternoon Mark let the two boys go to the shop to tinker on it. They spent hours unsupervised tearing the tractor apart. Eventually he had someone look it over and decided it would not be repairable. Jake was very sad to see his little garden tractor and know it would never run. He put so much hope into seeing it run. I felt bad for Jake, but it is facing the reality that some old things just can't be fixed. We are going to help him find something else he can tinker on.
With the warm weather we are having, Jake has been riding his dirt bike all over. Sometimes he gets his cool Fox racing shirt on. Both boys like to venture to the dog house place to do some more exploring. The property is officially ours and for young boys it is fun and exciting. They love going and looking around for hours. They also like destroying old junk cars and random things. They are clearing an area to make a motorcyle path. Jayden has gone up with them in the Gator with Tuff riding along. The weather was great 76 degrees today, loving it! Friday we smashed the record high for February. The old record was 68 and we hit 75.
2/21/17 Over the weekend, Mark moved Jake's garden tractor to the big shop. That was a big moment for Jake because that meant it was one step closer to fixing it. At the age of 5, he found the little garden tractor at Leotta's old farm and begged his Dad to bring it home. Mark scooped it up with the tractor loader and brought it home and set it out back by a shed. Jake would sit on it when he was little, then tinker with it. A few years ago, he got Mark to move it into our shop so he could start taking it apart and fixing it up. Now, he got it to the big shop for some real mechanic help. He has been patiently waiting for years to have someone help him restore the tractor. He had some of the hired men looking at it giving him pointers and help. He has been looking up parts for it. This afternoon Mark let the two boys go to the shop to tinker on it. They spent hours unsupervised tearing the tractor apart. Eventually he had someone look it over and decided it would not be repairable. Jake was very sad to see his little garden tractor and know it would never run. He put so much hope into seeing it run. I felt bad for Jake, but it is facing the reality that some old things just can't be fixed. We are going to help him find something else he can tinker on.
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