Punkin Party

Grandma Carol and Grandpa Steve had their annual Halloween Pumpkin carving party! We carved our pumpkins and then enjoyed some homemade pie...Yummy!

Grandma surprised us again in her Halloween costume. Grandpa had a great idea and so he whipped out the power tools. Aunt Dawni had to help the boys gut the pumpkins because I get hives when I do it. We later found out that Kolt does too. Kolt gave the power tools a try and made me a cute polka dot pumpkin! I LOVE it. Kyle taking full advantage of the roto-zip. He had his pumpkin carved in no time at all.

Kyle's "John Wayne" pumpkin Kolt's "Scary Skeleton Face" pumpkin

Grandma's "Grim Reaper"

Jani's "Cute Polka Dot" pumpkin

Aunt Dawni's "White Polka Dot" pumpkin

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Elk Hunt 2010

Scott (Shawn's brother) Shawn and Gary (Shawn's dad) Not to shabby for a general tag! All three got a 6 point.

Cory (Shawn's good friend)

Well, It looks like I am going to have a freezer full of meat this winter. Good thing the boys and Shawn LOVE to eat it. Shawn and his family and friends have had a pretty successful Elk hunt so far. They had just a general tag for Wyoming and was able to harvest 3 nice 6 point elk. The hunt is still not over but Shawn's brother hurt his knee and had to come out so they may end up going back to get him one too. The boys were pretty proud of their dad and so far they are following right in his footsteps. They LOVE to hunt and are begging to go any chance they get. The deer hunt starts this weekend so who knows, we just might have to go buy another freezer! So much shopping so little time is all I have to say, I just tell Shawn to make sure he leave the checkbook home for me and I will be just fine :o)

Biker Dudes

The boys have been helping me around the house while Shawn has been gone and yesterday I even talked them into going to a boutique, Rainbow Gardens and then out to lunch. Today, I decided I had better take them to do something they want to do. They decided to go to the bike trail and dirt bike jumps in Riverdale. They had a ball. I just sat back and relaxed, got some of my craft ribbon ready, read a magazine and then just sat and watched all the people. It was a nice relaxing afternoon.

I Won--Free Pictures

A couple weeks ago I was at a boutique and there was a cute lady there that was giving away a free photo session. I entered my name and sure enough I won! My hubby and boys are not much on getting pictures taken and really I get too stressed out about it so I never end up getting them done. This was perfect because I knew as tight as Shawn is, this was my only chance. The last family pictures we had taken was when Kolt was 18 mo old. He will be 11 in January! Here are just a few of them. Some are not my favorite but hey when ya get them for free, how can I complain Ü

That was a Cinch

Kyle is becoming quite the handyman. While Shawn is out working in the shop, Kyle has learned how to tie these cinches. A hand tied cinch like these can sell anywhere from $50.00 to $300.00. He has sold them to a few guys that work for Shawn and so far they have been pretty happy with them. Not too bad when you consider he bought the kit off the Internet and pretty much taught himself! He is putting all the money he has earned so far back into supplies so he can do more colors and fancier patterns.

Grouse Hunt

Shawn and the boys drew out on a Sage Grouse hunt in Rich county. (on the border of Wyoming) Shawn's friend Cory and his boy Lex also drew out and went along with them. They all had a great time and every single one of them got their limit! Not too shabby for a Saturday afternoon!

Pumpkins 4 Sale

The boys are selling Pumpkins, Cornstalks and Straw this year. They are having so much fun and actually they have been pretty successful at it too. Shawn has a kid that works for him that does farming on the side, he offered a deal to us last year, but he got so busy and never got us any of the stuff, so this year when we went to go get our pumpkins from him we mentioned it and we came home with a truck load of pumpkins to sell! The boys are saving all their hard earned cash for souvenir money when we go to Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo in December. We sell out pretty fast so stop by soon for the best selection Ü