My deer!

Justin & I (sometimes Carter, once Tenley) went hunting almost nightly, so when we finally came home with something dead Carter was beyond pumped! He was so excited to see my deer in the back of the truck & couldn't wait to get home & skin it! Tenley just kept saying "mommy's deer dead, you shot it" , she's a a little jabber jaws & is always so curious...

~SOO excited~!

Tenleys face totally cracks me up, she is weird about animals being dead when their heads are still on them!

Kiddos helping daddy skin the deer with their saw & plastic kitchen set knife :)

She got use to it & was willing to hold it up all by herself

Hunter herself :)

He looked like a 4 point when we saw him skyline because of how wide he was, but once we got up to him he wasn't as big as I thought. This is the widest deer I have shot so far, but I only plan on shooting bigger, year after year :) We wrapped it up ourselves {time consuming, but so worth it} & have been making jerky on the weekends, delicious!
{Thanks to grandma Sheri for babysitting & surviving thru another hunting season with us}

Camping!

We went camping on October 7th. It was a must because we hadn't been camping at all this year, with us moving & everything else going on, we never found the time so we did one camping trip to end off the year! The weather ended up being a tad bit chilly, but the kids already knew we had the trailer packed & were going, so there was no backing out!! The kids are 100% campers, between collecting wood to throw into the fire, eating seeds, fishing, & dutch oven potatoes, it doesn't get much better than that.

Carter with a stick in hand, & Tenley with seeds in hand!

Getting wood to throw into the fire {his fav}

Tenley was a pain in the butt to get to sleep, but thats an always unless she is at our house in her bed! It took about 10 trips of me going in & out of the trailer & listening to her say "outside by the fire / sleep in the trailer" but we finally got her to sleep! Its nice Carter has grown out of that & will go to sleep in minutes. -Tenley would eat the whole bag of seeds if we would let her, she loves to pack the bag around & just suck the dill pickle off the outside & then spit them out!-Lots of sitting by the fire to stay warm but I'd say it was a successful camping trip!

Fishing "Boys Days"

The boys have been fishing about 5 times in the past month or two! They consider this their "boy days" since Carter is always begging to go! They catch fish on nearly every cast, so they bring them home & make us girls dinner. The kids LOVE eating them. They catch mainly trout , but they caught their first walleye & we tried a perch too...

proud!

Watching dad clean out the fish!

First walleye & a big trout! {these 2 were almost as big as his legs!}

Look at all those fish!!

They caught a tagged fish up the narrows, so we mailed it in & should be receiving a check in the mail! I told them if they caught a tagged fish every time they went- they could go more often :)

Few of September Funs!

{Few of the happenings in the month of September}

My moms birthday! My dad took us out to eat at Sizzler & me & the kids spent the day with my mom, she's pretty much the best!...

Love my family!

4 of my parents grand kids- 1 more coming May 1st! :)

The kids wanted to have a picnic out front on the rocks

 They thought it would be a good idea to get the front flower bed all wet & then go for a little slide :)

One night I was folding laundry their laundry they starting putting on each others clothes & thought it was hilarious..

 The Packers games have officially started which means we are usually "busy" on Sundays :)

USU Parade

Every year my mom & I, & her side of the family meet up & go to the USU Homecoming parade, we've kind of made it tradition since all of us "kids" have kiddos now. This year we brought Taycee along too! We got all jazzed up in "our bull shirts" as the kids call them. Tenley loved the Chik-fila cow, I think that was her favorite, that is all she talked about for weeks. & Carter really liked the float that had a fire & was cooking marshmallows on the back of it, it was definitely creative!

Waiting for the parade to start!

what Tenley does best- making grandma laugh-

Best buds!!

Cheesing it!

Dancing to the band!

Eating one of her many treats

It was warm this year, which always makes the parade that much funner! They were both really good at chasing the candy, especially Carter, he was running all over the place to get every single piece. Its funny though because he doesn't even really care about candy-his sits in the bag for months- but Tenley on the other hand would sit down on the road & eat piece after piece!! Love my little Aggie's!

Getting Wood

The kids & I went up a few times with Justin's parents in September to help them get wood, the kids love going even though all they pretty much do is sit in the weeds on a blankie & eat treats or play with Shadow...

Watching the boys get wood

diggin holes with Shad

The last time we went up, Carter found this caterpillar & he thought it was the funnest thing ever! I was surprised but he was letting it crawl all over him & everything!

Climbin up on him!

Holding the furry thing!

 Tenley on the other hand HATED that thing, hated would be an understatement, she was terrified of it if it even got close to her. Those of you that know Tenley good, know she is not scared of anything, she's wild, brave & usually pretty ok with bugs,  not caterpillars for some reason! {kind of remindes me of the stick decoration turtle at my mom's house she used to be sooo afraid of} Such a funny girl!

 We love going & watching the guys get wood & helping cut twigs {what Carter does with his black & decker chain saw :) }

Cub River Day

Clear back on September 7th Grandma Skippy, Nicole & I & the kiddos all headed up to Cub River for a Subway picnic & little fun day!!!

Grandma Skip & the boys

The leaders!

Trying to catch fish with the butterfly nets, there were tons!

Shae holding the lone fish for the day we caught

Tenley thinkin she is catching some fish!

The boys!

Dylan, Shae, Carter & Tenley

playin in the water-lookin for cool rocks

The kids really had a fun time spending the day out in the mountains. There were tons of fish, they were just way too fast to catch! It's always fun to get out & let the 4 grand kids have some bonding time :)
 We need to make it happen more often!!!