A Stump of a Guy

Meet Bill Bonderud, my father-in-law. To say my father-in-law is a character is a redundancy. Three weeks ago he devised his own weight loss program: come to Sonoma, eat only heathly food, wake up at 6:30 every morning to a grinning granddaughter, and spend the remaining moments of the day doing obscene amounts of yardwork. The biggest challenge in our yard has been stumps. We had half a dozen stumps to remove and Bill took them out. The one pictured here took 3 days to conquer.
His plan worked, he has dropped 24 pounds in 3 weeks. However, we have been the real beneficiaries. Aside from the obvious fact that our yard is 10 times better thanks to his efforts, Stefanie can pick up the kids and leave the baby napping, Marley can listen to nutty stories at 6:30 am when everyone else refuses to wake, Asher has a challenger for his games, and Ella has a grandpa to help build fairy houses. Our whole family has appreciated his help much more than he appreciates losing the weight. Some people have a real problem with nutty father-in-laws. I sure am glad for mine.