Pumpkin Carving!

For family night on monday, everybody came over to our house to carve pumpkins, and decorate halloween cookies.

Mike pulled out the power tools., leave it to a guy! It worked great though and was a lot faster.

Brielle's taking her turn decorating cookies.

Brielle and Dakota's pumpkins!

My First Deer!!!!

Every year for my whole life we have gone down to Cove Fort and camped with my dad's side of the family for the deer hunt. I have always loved doing this, and have many great memories of going on the hunts, sitting by the fire, and the big dutch oven dinner on saturday night. This year was the first year I had a tag. Mike and I woke up early saturday morning and hiked up the mountain, across the top of many mountains, and all over this one very steep canyon. We were sitting on the mountain side looking through the binoculars and we spotted a nice three point, then Mike spotted a really nice buck just to the side of it, I shot 5 times hitting it in the gut and the leg, Mike was a little disappointed in me, but in my defense I have only shot 5 bullets out of a rifle and they were all at a box that wasn't moving. The deer took of running and we followed it, when we got to where it was when I shot it we found blood, so I knew I had hit it for sure, then we heard a gun shot and Mikes Uncle Paul got on the radio, and said he just got a big one, Mike and I knew he had just shot the buck we were following. When we got to where they were, sure enough it was the one, and it had my bullet holes on it. But I was glad Paul was able to get it. A few minutes after we got over there a couple bucks ran across the hill by us and after some more shots I got this one, not bad for a first deer, but I think Mike is going to make me practice more before we go out next time.

The one that got away!

pumpkin patch

Brielle's preschool class went to Mitchells pumpkin patch today on a field trip. Doyle carved this cool pumpkin for them, and the kids got to buy pumpkins to take home. They have a lot of different kinds of pumpkins, and the kids really had a lot of fun, I am going to go back and take Mike and Dakota to pick out our pumkins to carve.

Donuts!!!!!

For family night this week we had a lesson about Jesus being our Savior, then we made donuts. While the donuts were raising we played tag in the dark. When they were done raising Mike and the kids rolled out the dough and I couldn't find a donut cutter at Duanes so we just cut out circles, they kind of turned out to be donut blobs, but they taste good and thats what matters. I ran next door to grab something and this is what I came back to. Mike said they had a war while I was gone. Good thing he's always willing to help clean up cause my kitchen was a mess!

Brielle and Dakotas jobs were to cut the donuts out, and put the sprinkles on.

YuMmY!!!

Witchapalooza!

Every October the girls in Mike's family have a tradition of shopping and going to the Witchapalooza at Gardner Village. The Witchapalooza is dinner and a play. The play this year was a comedy about a warlock taking a trip down memory lane and visiting loves from his past. It was really funny they had different witches come out representing the different decades and the fads that were in that time - flapper - 50s rock girl - flower child- disco diva- valley girl... Good company, food, shopping, entertainment- all the ingredients for a great girls day! And I have a husband who was willing to take the kids for the day so that I could get a day out, he is always so willing to help with anything, and I am very thankful for him.

This is the scene from the 70's. They were imitating Sunny and Cher.

This is the valley girl witch from the 1980'S. - madonna-

They pulled these four guys out of the audience and made them do the YMCA and dance in front of everyone. Pretty good sports I don't think I would have been as brave.

After the play we went went shopping around Gardner Village, ToNs of CuTe StuFf! At Halloween time there they decorate the village with different witches, its fun to see them all, next year I need to take my kids to see them.

******************************WiTcHy PoO!

Josh and Stacia's baby - Taylee got to come with us. Isn't she a doll!

Mike in New Mexico

Last week Mike went hunting elk in New Mexico with my dad and Unlce Bill. This is Mike feeding a deer at the lodge where they were staying.