The Buck on Top of the World:

Arielle and I went hunting the weekend after the girls got their deer October 22nd. Mostly to just get out for another weekend. We pulled into a spot off the side of the road in No Tellin Creek and decided that it looked like a good spot but that we should continue on just in case another presented itself.  A quarter mile into the drive we stopped the truck and turned around, deciding the spot back there was it.

We climbed to the top of the world and found this 4 point sitting there. All we could see was his head, the rest of him was behind a rock. We were still 500 yards out and I didn't feel good about a shot. Arielle decided to stay put by a rock and "glass" while I continued to try and close the distance. Not being able to see the buck at several points, this proved to be intuitive of her as I could just keep glancing back in her direction to check for signals of the deer moving out. I took the shot at 300 yards and missed, much to my frustration. However, he repositioned to a nice side view and I took another shot. This time it appeared I got one placed. He stumbled and ran down into a patch of quakies. I walked in closer, began to work parallel to the trees. After about 20 yards, I saw him 40 yards out in the thicket. Not knowing if the last shot was effective enough, I pulled the gun up quickly and took another shot, this time nearly breaking the bridge of my nose in the process. I'm going to blame the effect on the new gun:). Through my tears of pain, I was able to see him drop.

I was so glad to have Arielle along with me that day. Not only is she a natural hunter, but she is strong. We dragged that buck a mile and a half thru the sage brush back to the truck.

Crocheting and Hunting

Marty's cool way to hold the yarn while he crochets -- with his toes instead of his hands!

This is our hunting picture!!!!

So is this!!!!

And this!!!!!

Halloween

This post below was written and photo-putted-in =D by Calysta Smith.  I don't think we have ever posted in our life since we got this blog so I think it's about time to do something. This post is probably going to be reeeaaaalllly long because it's the first (and probably final) one but I hope you enjoy it!!!

This is Arielle as Professor Trelawney...

Here's another one...

This is Tessa's rabbit pumpkin. Cute, huh?

Calysta's front side of her pumpkin (it's an alien)....

...and the backside.

(Cousin) Steven came over and carved Jack from a printed paper.

We ended up doing a few of last minute throw-together costumes before going trick or treating but Tessa's turned out pretty good. She wore some of Arielle's old white thermal pajamas underneath.We used some  burlap fabric and cut it into long strips and wrapped them around her, sewing a little bit here and there.With her make up, she looks like she just rose from the dead!

Ha Ha Ha...=D

 Here are Arielle, Marty, and Tessa:

Left to right: Arielle (Professor Trelawney), Tessa (Mummy), and Marty (either a wizard or Professor Dumbledore).

 Trick or treating took place on Holley Street. (cousin) Sarah came too . As usual, Tessa went barefoot. Some old folks gave out surprisingly large handfuls of candy too! We also went to both grandparents houses and got some treats.

A couple days before Halloween, with the camera bag slung over the shoulder of Calysta and no shoes on the feet of Marty, we both went to Grandpa Smith's house to rake the huge amount of leaves that had fallen this fall. We came home with leaves in our hair and clothes. On the next Sunday, after the Sunday dinner, we took Soren along with them to plunge into the leafy fun too. 

These are only a few of the 23 pictures they took.

Recently all 4 of us have become literally obsessed with watching Julian Smith videos. Marty especially. I've put a  link to his website.   Website Link:  http://www.juliansmith.tv/

Recommended videos-- Hot Kool Aid, Malk, Waffles, Pre-Blessed Food, I'm Reading a Book, pretty much all the videos are pretty good and funny but...stupid. You won't find this one easily but if you type in Louis Sebastian into the search engine on his website, click on the one that comes up. It's pretty good too.

Hope you enjoy the videos! (Jeffery is pretty good--it's actually the same guy as Julian in fact it IS Julian.)

Happy Late Halloween!!!!!!