Even as a young kid, Connor would help gather sap from metal buckets, and once he was tall enough to reach the taps, he would help tap the trees. As he grew, he learned how to boil and run all the sugarhouse's equipment, too.

Now, alongside his fiancée, Taylor, and their son, Benson, Connor is following his ancestor's footsteps and sugaring on the land he grew up on. Taylor brings her own childhood experiences with her father and close family friends, and together they're excited to continue this local tradition.