Let it Snow!

Whoops, it already did! We have snow! And Darren hasn't even busted out the snowmachines! I know, I know- What is wrong with him? Well, he has been pretty sick lately. He has had Goose Fever, and there is no cure. We Eat (no kidding), sleep, and think GOOSE! Occasionally a bit of duck and pheasant, but mostly Goose!

They even have a tally board downstairs, and geese are up to 124 for the group they hun with.

They have hunted with some good friends and met some really neat people that have become friends! Plus, he takes the kids- the older ones mostly, but has taken Darrenger. He has taken the girls- even Easton hunting for doves.

We have all been well, and happy, and busy! I have actually taken some vacation from work, but...have been bombarded with Vinyl orders this week. Wish I could say No..... but I had a wild-hare idea to make the boys something cool, so, here I am on Christmas Eve, sewing away!

I will post some fun pics and movie clips soon...
We wish everyone well, and hope everyone rem embers the reason for the Season!

Awesome Kid!

Darrenger brought home ANOTHER stack of 100% papers. His teacher says he listens so well, and that he hasn't missed a spelling word yet. HIs bunch of papers were from spelling, math, and reading!
It was his teachers birthday last week, so I took in a cake and some balloons. He got to be the helper, and the class thought it was awesome.

She did it!

She did it! She finally learned to walk. She thinks she is pretty neat! If she wouldn't think about it so much, she would go alot farther! She also learned how to throw some awesome tantrums. Must not get that from "my" side of the family! haha

Correction

This was just ONE afternoons worth of work!
They brought out 54 both days combined!

Goose Anyone

Just in case anyone was wondering if my kids are bored now that hunting season is Over... Uh, NOT It's just the beginning of another season.

They hunted this past weekend and brought out this HUGE load of geese!

Ruger Bo

My Ruger decided that Darren needed to take him out hunting last night, and this is what he brought home. He scared it up, and told Darren that it was 15 ft away before he got his gun up. Darren told him that was because he needed to check his britches! Got it with 1 shot.

Mighty Hunter

Darren went out today with his buddy for opening day of the Open Deer hunt. This is the poor fella he got first thing this morning! NOt as big as Stetzen's, but, hey, will make good jerkey for them!

HUGE NEWS!

Darren took Stetz on his first deer hunt today. Stetz drew on a hunt in the mountains behind our house. He brought home a trophy!

Easton & Nakona

Here are the Girls- This was Kona's pose from the recital, and here is Easton sporting her big Bro's shades. She thought they were pretty cool.

Things at our house are getting busy, in the past week, we had a litter of puppies, 2 litters of baby 4-H bunnies, and a couple more litters on the way. We are thinking that with the 20 babies we have combining the first 2 litters, we ought to have plenty to choose from? Anyone want some bunny for their freezer? UGH!

As requested

Ok- Here you are Mom- Photos of Darren and I. (like 5 years ago!). We will try to get more recent ones up. This one is one of my favorite of Darren cuz he is smiling! Whoo hoo!

He took the day off today and went with Ruger for his 5th Grade field trip. They were going fishing! I told him to take lots of photos to share here!

Ruger Hip Hop Review

Ruger also had his Hip Hop review last night, luckily they were the same recital. I didn't get him "heelies" like some of the other mom's (they drive me nuts). Besides, it is hard enough to catch him anyway! So, since he didn't have heelies, he got to do a solo, he did a belly slide, and the worm, and then held this pose for over 30 seconds. Didn't move an inch! He is amazing. But, not that this is over, he can really concentrate on Baseball!

Nakona Dance recital

Nakona had her dance recital last night. You can tell from the pictures, that she hated every minute of it! HAHA! She even loved the Pink Rose she got from her brothers when it was over!

Dance & Hip Hop Pics

Ruger is taking Hip Hop this year, and Nakona is doing tap and Ballet. Ruger was pretty excited to get to wear a baseball jersey for his costume, and he had "BUG" put on the back of it,(his nickname).
Nakona is happy to be doing "balallet" (bal a lay), and tap. She also makes up her own cheer leading routines, because they have a cheer dance too!

Ruger's Braces

Ruger got Braces today! Whoo hoo! Well, Mom is excited, Ruger is not. But, hey, I LOVE those smiles, and love them even more with pretty teeth.

He got bands with his baseball colors, red and blue.

He will be a bit sore for a couple days, but it will all be worth it! It will just take some time to convince him of that!

Darrenger (aka- Rip)

Darrenger was too exited to get to play T-Ball this year.

He showed up for the first game dressed head to toe for the game. Had his own gear bag, helmet, glove (and batter's glove) and bat.

He was pretty fun to watch. Looked like he had seen a game or 2 before.

He has been practicing riding his motorbike on my lawn (grumble) And almost looks like he needs a bigger bike!

Ruger

Ruger got a new Bow, so has been practicing quite often. He is pretty good with it!
He is playing All-star Baseball again this year, and is the main catcher. I hope he will get to pitch some. He is the only kid that I have seen that can pitch with a smile on his face through the whole wind-up and throw.
We are gearing up to start rabbit 4-H, and he is getting his garden ready again! This kid can do anything!

Stetzen

Stetzen has had quite the fun year so far. He ran track, and decided to "try" a couple events part way through the year, Uh, he won them! Crazy kid.

I think he won 3 out of 4 100 yd hurdles

2 of 2 long jumps

2 of 4 100 ys dashes- Oh Yeah, he also "tried" the High jump the last meet- Won it!

and his relay team placed top 3 each meet.

He is getting ready for Babe Ruth Baseball now!

Nakona and Daisy

Nakona and her puppy Daisy.

Easton- 7 months

Little Miss Easton Jean. She is such a fun baby! She is 7 months, trying to crawl, and I think, trying to get teeth.

She is very happy and Loves being outside. She smiles ALL the time!

I'm sure she will be a handful during the baseball season!

Wrigley's online

They say it is "sooo much cooler online"- haha.

I heard that someone blogged each day about the families happenings, then printed them out and bound them in a book- Great Photo Journaling, I thought... we'll see!

We will start out with some photos, then add more later.

Keep Smiling!

Maquel