Hunting

My dad had an archery elk tag this year, and since my brothers are all married and responsible now (so weird to think we are all that old), Tim went with him. They were gone for about 8 days (8 very looooooooooooong days), and unfortunately they didn't get anything. My dad did shoot one big elk, but it didn't kill it. Here are some pics from their adventure.

This guy Larry and his wife went with them (they had tags for the same area, but different weapons and different hunting dates) and they brought their horses/mules, which was a lifesaver really, but Tim is not a huge fan of horses! The one above actually bucked my dad off.
Tim is much more comfortable riding the quad!

Behind my dad is the horse Tim rode. They claim they had a ton of fun. I don't get it, but I'm glad they had fun together.

I have no pics of the kids and I here at home. I don't know why the kids think while dad is gone is a great time to get sick, but they do. Kylan's allergies got so bad that he ended up with a sinus infection, which meant a trip to the doctor and a day of being really sick. Emmit came down with the flu and was sick until today. Luckily Mya held it together! We wouldn't have made it without my moms help though. She spent every evening with us, whether at our house or hers and helped me bathe and get the kids ready for bed every night and made special trips to the store for us. Rayanne also saved me one day by taking Mya and Kylan pretty much all day which ended up being the day Emmit was the sickest and rental drama occured. Needless to say I am very happy to have my hubby home!

Pre-School

Kylan met his preschool teacher today - Mrs. Stark. He was so excited! On the way over he was bouncing in the back seat and all of a sudden said "Mom, I'm just SOOOOO excited!" He is even more excited that next week he gets to stay the whole time!
Emmit and Mya missed him. Mya told him that morning that he was her "Bwest Fwend" (best friend) and that she would miss him! But they had fun with Grandma Kenna while we went! I love Emmit's face in this pic - you can see how much he really does love his big brother!

Here is is while Mrs. Stark goes over some of the class rules. They then made worms to put on the bulliten board and then she read a story to him. He loved every second of it! Afterwards he told me that he is going to be shy around the girls though!

Sunset at the Lake

We stayed late at the lake and ate a yummy dutch over dinner with Brett, Teri, Kyle, Carly and her mission companion Annie. It was a little thunderstormy that evening and because of all the clouds we were able to see a beautiful sunset!

Brett and Teri - it had gotten a little too dark at this point.
Tim and I. We are looking a little rough after being at the lake all day!

All of us. Once again, it had been a long day! We have been able to spend so much time at the lake this year. We are really going to miss it!

The Blue Board

The blue board I believe was my Grandpa Cyril's creation - a sled turned into something you can ride behind the boat. When I was little there was a skiing progression that we all followed - the blueboard, then the knee board, then two ski's, then one ski and eventually the one ski was replaced by the wake board. At one time I could ski on one ski, but as soon as the wake board replaced that I switched to it (the wake board hurts a lot less than one ski and is much easier).

Well, the next generation began this progression this last weekend. They were all so cute! Kylan and Evan were pretty serious the whole time, but Mya was pretty fearless! She totally skipped her knees and went straight from her belly to standing and grandpa wasn't quite ready, but she kept her balance well and even sat on it facing backwards at one point!

I don't know if Evan or Ky would've gone without the other one. Sometimes peer pressure is a good thing!
And here is Kylan looking so proud of himself!

Just Because

Because it's my birthday, and I like Justin Timberlake and I like all of these songs. Check it out, it's pretty good http://youtu.be/NjMkSKNuVhQ