Elk Hunt

So here is the group picture I promised to post... mostly for my mom! Good looking bunch of dudes!
Mike's first kill! I have been hunting almost every year since I turned 14 and I have NEVER filled my tag. Yes, I may be the worst hunter in the world! Mike picked up a gun for the first time 2 weeks ago! Good Job! Mike says it scored about 285.
Mike and his guide Eric
Whoever took this picture forgot that the elk is really the only thing we want to see, we have all seen Mike and Scott before!

Balancing on Dad

This has been an on-going tradition with Steve and our kids. Steve has loved to balance each of our kids on his hand.

Michael (almost 2)
Kaitlyn (6 months)Kaitlyn (8 months)

Logan (5 months)

Look-A-Likes?

I thought it would be fun to put my kids' pictures together and see how much they look alike. Here are all three at six months of age:

LOGAN...

MICHAEL...

KAITLYN...

Michael & Steve's Camping Trip

This year my brother Jim finally drew out a Limited Entry Bull Elk Permit.... for those of you who are not hunters it means he gets to hunt in a really good area and has a great chance of shooting a really big bull! After 14 years of drawings he finally got it! My nephew Mike (Ashlie's Hubby) got lucky and also drew out on his first try!

So I decided to go tag-along and I took Michael with me! Jim, Jared and Justin came from South Carolina, Scott, Jason, Jordan, Lucky Mike, Taylor (Melissa's stud) Josh, Nate, Matt, and Brett were all there too. It was kinda funny to have that many people there and only two tags. I were all hoping that they would shoot some monsters while we were there to help drag them out!

It was a beautiful area the leaves are all changing, and with the fire down in Beaver all the smoke in the air made for some great sunsets!



For Michael the highlight of the trip was driving the 4-wheeler down to the stream to throw rocks. Mike loves to ride 4-wheelers, he could ride those literally all day long.
He was constantly asking to go for a ride, when the big boys had them out he was so upset. As soon as he could hear the motors on the way back he would come running asking for a ride! Thanks to the big boy cousins for being so good to him!
Saturday night Brett and I drove up the canyon to look for Elk. Mike was not very good at keeping quiet... until I remembered Dumbo was in the car! He sat and watched the whole movie without making a peep! He is just so cute, i couldn't resist the photo op.

Thanks to Jason for taking Michael on the big horse, he loved it!
One of my few skills... I am a master at taking my own picture! You can even see the leaves in the background... skills!
Jim and Mike took group pictures, which I will have to post when they get back. Of course we all knew mom would skin us alive if we would have forgotten to take one!
Hopefully they'll have some pictures of a great big bull to post too!

First Days of Preschool

Kaitlyn started her first day of preschool with Miss Alisha & Miss Sadie. She was so excited when I picked her up and she said, "Mom, I learned how to spell red: R-E-D". She called her dad and her grandma to tell them too! I asked her teacher how she did and she said great. She did say that Kaitlyn asked her, "Which preschool is bigger: My preschool or your preschool?" Hopefully she doesn't get burned out with going to two preschools. Preschool five times a week for her!! It was weird having her gone so much this week! I wanted her (AND ME) to have someone different teaching her for one year. Miss Alisha's works well because she's just a couple streets away so I can get Kaitlyn there on time on the days I teach preschool and I don't have to worry about feeding her lunch because they have it at preschool.

Michael began his first day of preschool here at our house with me!

Three Cute Kiddos

Preschool Room

We had the Preschool open house tonight! There's still a few things I want to put up on the walls but it's pretty much finished! I got the train table, colorful rug, book case, preschool chairs, and the dividers that are also used as bulletin boards all off of ksl.com!!
I am going to have 8 little preschoolers in my class this year along with my own kiddos. My kids have loved finally having a place to play again. We've had pretty much all the toys stuffed into a closet for the last six months and now they have a place to run around and have fun!