Tis The Season . . .  

Sunday, October 26, 2008

For Steve and his family hunting season is better than Christmas. It's really not even a comparison for Steve. His dad and brothers talk about it and anticipate openning morning much like I do Christmas morning. It comes complete with traditions of egg gravy on toast and cutting of the orange when shots are missed. We've really had a fun time seeing everyone and spending some time in the wide outdoors. Fred and Jeannine are so nice to let us bombard their house for the week (or weeks) of the hunt.



This picture is of Steve's buck. He shot it openning morning, something he probably won't do again unless it's a "monster buck". It was a nice 3x4 though and the boys sure thought it was fun to actually see the deer before he shot. Bronsen told his dad, "They have horns, shoot!"


Sorry to all of those who are not used to all of the carnage that is associated with hunting season. I tried to crop out what I could. Hope I haven't offended anyone with all the blood, guts and carcasses.



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It's A Girl!!  

Thursday, October 2, 2008



So unbelievable I know. I must admit that I might be a little extra excited since I found out we're having a girl. Steve and I are neither one sure that we are going to know what to do with a girl, but we'll find out soon enough.


I went up to the clinic on Tuesday to get some copies of my lab work that Dr. Black had ordered so that I can take it over to my midwife next week. He wasn't busy at all and I had a few questions for him. One of them being "Should I go to the mall while I'm up in Salt Lake this weekend and get a gender check ultrasound since we couldn't tell on the diagnostic one a few weeks ago, or do you want to order another ultrasound here?" Well Dr. Black just laughed at me and said, "Hey, I'm not busy let's just go in the back and see was we can see." He's so great to understand us crazy mothers-to-be. So despite that I had both boys with me and no husband I wasn't about to turn down an offer like that. And sure enough she was totally cooperative. I got a 95% assurance it's a girl. I guess I can finally start buying pink. Thanks Dr. Black. If any of you live within driving distance of Blanding or Monticello I highly recommend him. New doctors that are fresh and excited about their practice are so great to work with.

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Sleeping Like A Baby  

Wednesday, October 1, 2008


So I know I'm posting a ton all in one night, but I finally got a moment that I decided to heck with everything I'm supposed to be doing. I have a ton of things I've been wanting to post on the blog. So here is just a glimpse into how crazy life has been lately. Yesterday I canned venison and peaches all afternoon. Parker just found a cozy spot to sleep and pulled up a blanket. (In my defense the first part of this nap was in his bed, he just woke up a little before he was really ready to face the rest of the day.) If you'd like I can also post pictures of my bathrooms that need cleaned, the mountain of laundry that needs folded and any other pictures that will remind all of you amazing moms out there that your life is perfectly normal and only the ladies you visit teach have perfectly clean houses all the time.

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The Mighty Hunter  


I got another tiny 4 point this year. I think I'm going to start a collection of the worlds smallest 4 points. This was my first muzzleloader hunt though, which did make things a little more interesting. Steve was a great guide despite being frustrated by all of the big "monster bucks" that kept taunting us to just try to get close enough to shoot them. This one turned out pretty fun with another story to tell. We even got to wear headlamps and track it in the dark. Thanks Jordan for letting me use your gun.

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Puppy Luv  

A month or so ago we took our dog Haley into the vet to be fixed because all of the neighbor dogs were driving us crazy when she was in heat. Well, unfortunately it killed her. Bronsen was devastated, the rest of us were pretty sad too, so we had to get a new dog. On the way home from Oregon we stopped in Salt Lake and found Moki.

So far she's been a pretty good dog, a puppy, but a good dog. I do have to tell you about one thing that makes Steve laugh so hard. Steve and the puppy were downstairs watching TV and Parker came down completely naked. He loves to wrestle Moki, so he pounced on her. When Moki finally got away and Parker wasn't paying attention Moki jumped up and bit Parker right on the bum. How's that for payback Parker? We are enjoying having a puppy again despite the circumstances that made us want another one.

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