Halloween

For Halloween this year the kids and I went up to Washington. Hyrum had a few days off school so it was good timing. I was planning on Hyrum being a grasshopper from "A Bug's Life" because we bought the costume a couple years ago and it just now fits him, but he kept insisiting he wanted to be something scary. For those of you that know Hyrum, you know that he's pretty good at getting what he wants-- in a good way. Well, it just so happened that my sister was planning on dressing her son up as a vampire so she had everything I needed except a cape which she picked up at the store for me. Effortless costume on my part :) Lydia was a giraffe (which was a hair small).

Unfortunately, Jackson was sick on Halloween so he didn't get dressed up but Hyrum and Jessica were both vampires and had a great time trick or treating together.

Sorry to post a picture of you with your eyes closed, Dad, but I wanted one with you and the kids.

Dustin and Andrea and their kids joined us later in the night while we were out trick or treating. Dustin was the Cat in the Hat and their twins were Thing One and Thing Two. It was adorable! Lydia caught right on to the whole trick or treating thing and started running from house to house. When you're two and your Mom restricts sweets, what could be better than people giving you handfuls and handuls of candy?

Deer Hunting

Opening day of deer season found my best friend Matt Peterson and I camping at Mann's creek expecting to have 4 days to find a buck. It was October 10 and it was very cold. We rode a 4 wheeler in about 15 miles and it was below freezing, howling wind and lots of fog. We sat up on a knoll, Matt was on one side watching this nice bull he snapped a picture of, and I was watching what I thought was a 4 point buck, but ended up being this 3 point. We really did not want our hunt to end so soon so we checked out another area for an hour or so, watching more elk and does. After deciding we better not lose our chance with a buck we went back and put a stock on where he last bedded and I shot him from 180 yards on the run.
We still had 3 more days to play. The next day we went down towards brownlee reservoir and rode the 4, wheeler, the next day we went down to Brownlee sat on the dock and Matt let me talk to him about church stuff as he calls it. All and all it was alot of fun.









We played cards about every night. Here Matt is paying the price of loosing, running around the trailer 5 times in sub freezing weather with your shirt off and doing 30 jumping jacks.

Turkey Hunting

Jon went turkey hunting with his friend Ken, who is also our accountant. Ken's a bird hunter, as opposed to Jon who hunts bird only as an excuse to get out when there's nothing larger to hunt. This first picture is of Ken holding Jon's turkey in his right hand and his own in his left. I dare say Jon's was more of a baby, but at least he got something!