Hunting 10.22.14

This week we ate the last of Kade's deer from last year :(  And surprisingly it is all about how you cook it, because I enjoyed it, and I didn't think I would.

Kade gets a random day off every week along with Sundays, he normally only knows the week of what day he has off.  The last three weeks it has been consistently Wednesdays.  Deer season ends this week, and so he wanted to try and get one.  And with last years meat gone, I was really hoping he would get one.

Being a Wednesday and not having a lot of time in advance, nobody could go with him.  I will not allow him to go alone, I know of too many hunting accidents.  He bravely asked me to come :)  I say bravely because that means me and 3 kids.

Packed up and ready to HUNT!

We are such lucky people that it was super foggy!  When we got up in the mountains I sadly realized we wouldn't be getting our deer this year. :(  Our fault for not trying sooner.
We spent most of the morning watching, waiting, but the fog didn't clear.  On the way back, I spotted a moose, and a 6 point elk.  I guess I can spot anything BUT a deer.

The elk was too far away to see with my camera phone, but he was just laying there begging to be shot!  We watched him for a good 10 minutes before Kade got out of the truck to make sure he wasn't dead.


No luck, but from what we hear, people haven't been seeing a lot of deer.  We will hope for better luck with elk or something, we need to stock our freezer.

Our cute realtree camo hats, I reeeealy hate the way I look in mine, but it is warm.

Yes it is blurry, but so cute.

Lex had to show off his camo as well...sadly the other kids didn't get their picture taken.  

Adult Time

With my kids being the age they are, I feel more free then I have felt in 3 years.  This year I have had many opportunities to have my own time away from home.  My husband is really the best, he knows that I function better having alone time once in a while.  He is always willing to let me be me, and he is the first to volunteer me to go places I am invited to go.  I do feel guilty, but he helps me not worry about it as much.  He is a great daddy, he loves his kids, and really enjoys being with them.

So every 6 months there is a scrapbook weekend that my mother-in-law and sister-in-laws attend.  I have been pretty good at going, and I tend to get some digital scrapbooking done.  This year for croptoberfest, I decided to do a craft instead.  I have had some wooden letters made, and I hadn't had time to fix them up all cute.  Anyway, they turned out cute and will match the theme of the kids rooms, if I ever get their rooms actually fixed up.  I didn't get a group picture this time around :( I guess I'm slacking.

Kade got his personal time this last week, he went hunting, and got a little buck.  I am told it was a perfect shot from 280 yards.  This little guy went down with one shot.  Kade was pretty excited, he called me right away! :)