The Hunt is over...

This last week (almost - 5 days) George took time off for
{THE HUNT}
With Bow,arrows and the rest of the 'gear' in tow
we headed to Elmo, Utah on Thursday night.

George spent the morning sighting in his bow,
so that when the time came he could make 'the shot'!
Then for the rest of the day he hung out with
Mikie, James, Maria & I.

{THE HUNT} - DAY 1

5 AM - George & Pete wake up and get ready
to head up Huntington Canyon.
7 AM - Start 'The glorified Hike'
(Maria's nick name for the days events!)
See a Buck and a few Doe in the morning hours
No shot available
3 PM - Meet up with Mikie, James, Shane,
Thomas, Maria & I for a quick sandwich.
3:40 pm - Head back up to take the
first 3 mentioned boys for a 'hike'
5 PM - Meet back up with us and head down the Mountain

{THE HUNT} - DAY 2

5 AM - George & Pete wake up and get ready
to head up Huntington Canyon.
7 AM - Stop at the top of the canyon and hop out
to scout around for a few minutes.
7:30 AM - The Spot was made!
Hike around to get a shot!
7:45 AM - Take the Shot
Hike down to see if it was a hit!
Definite Hit!
8 AM {THE CALL}
ring, ring... We won't be making it back for church...

Now for the hard part -
getting the deer back UP to the truck!
{BIG SHOUT OUT} to the sheep herders
for loaning the guys a horse!

2 PM Back home in Elmo...
Grab a quick bite at the Family BBQ that
everyone is at and then after the help
of Peggy making a few phone calls,
head Back to Huntington to drop
the deer off for processing.

The smell of Sweet Success for George,
is a bit nauseating to me!
Thankfully we decided to have someone else
do the processing this year, and we borrowed
Pete's Echo for the drive home.
(The inside of George's truck
was still a bit stinky
Monday afternoon,
when we left for HoMe!!!

Thanks Pete, Maria & Gang for a Great Weekend!!!
We Love you!



This is the face of a HaPpY Man!!!

Twelve Years old and in Seventh grade...

We are two full weeks into school!
{YAY!}

This year Jenni has chosen to NOT carpool.
She wants to ride the bus.
I was {STRONGLY} considering over ruling this decision
when on the SECOND day of school she missed the bus!
(I need to mention that I always take her on her first day!)
NOT necessarily a great start!
I let let her know that if I was going to have to drive
her to school,
I might as well be driving a car load of kids
and not just her alone.
That she needed to make sure she was up and ready for the bus
otherwise... CAR POOL!
So far, no missed bus (we are only on the second week!)
So far there has not been much homework.
(thanks to the schools "real" time, two days a week!
LoVe this!!)

If we can judge from past years, Jenni is going to continue to
love school and her teachers and this year will be a breeze!

We Survived... (part 1)

We have officially {survived} summer
and the first week of school!
Mikie is a senior this year!
Where did the time go?
I still remember when he was in kindergarten,
having a police officer knock on my door
checking to see if he was at home
because he was MIA in his class!
Fortunately, he had walked in less
than five minutes before that knock on the door
and was in the middle of having the discussion of
"Why it is NOT okay to leave in the
middle of the school day!"
Not to mention that there was a college
in between our apartment and the elementary school,
that he marched right through!

Mikie is pretty excited to get
through this year of school.
He is the Stake Representative for Seminary
this year and has been working on themes,
and getting to know the other Stake Rep.'s
the last few weeks.

He is also the Vice President of the FFA,
(last year he was the Historian!)
There will be one more year of competitions,
leadership meetings and fun!
He has been raising about 15 chickens
at the school over the summer.
Last year we were told that our house is
NOT zoned
for agriculture and we could not raise
any type of livestock!
"OOPS!"
(Jenni isn't very happy about that
,she really wants to raise a pig.
She says our yard is just as big as Amanda's
and she was allowed to raise TWO pigs!!!)

As the school year drew near and started
I couldn't help but reflect on the last 18 years.
The places we have been and the strides that we have made.
The fact that this is the last year that my boy will be {HOME}
for all of the holidays and all of the days in between.

A year from now Mikie will be waiting on that
big white envelope
with LDS Church as the return address.
Full of anticipation on where he will be spending
the next two years of his life.

He is such an Amazing Young Man,
and I love him so Very much!
He has made this 'mama' proud!




If anyone has a secret recipe on how to slow down the next year,
I sure could use it about right now!