Video Footage of Heath and Hunter's First Deer

Hunter's First Deer

Hunter's hunt didn't exactly go as planned.  We started out in the deer stand, but soon realized that the feeder wasn't going to go off.  So we decided to hunt from the truck.  The first deer Daddy found for Hunter to shoot was a long way off.  It was a hard/far shot.  It was a miss.  Then Daddy found this deer.  Hunter's first shot was a miss.  The deer didn't even move, so we reloaded and he made a second shot.  It was perfect!  The deer went down and will provide more food for our family.

Keeping an eye out.

Heath and I patiently waiting.

Hunter showing off THE bullet.

Maybe Heath waited a little too patiently...

Hunter's first deer.

Daddy was extremely excited.

Momma was super proud.

Brothers.  I love these guys.

Of course, the gutting picture.

Heath's First Deer

We had a BIG Tuesday around here, folks!  Heath got to join the hunting club and shot his first deer.  We all sat in a deer stand and scoped out a nice doe.

Hunter and I went along for moral support and to take pictures/videos of the exciting event.

He did it all by himself.  One perfect shot.

Daddy may have been a little more excited than any of us.  His oldest son (by one minute) has just joined him in a life long sport. (...and might I add, made a better shot than Daddy usually does.)

Trophy Shot

Momma was pretty excited, too!

Proud Brother (his turn is coming up....stay tuned)

No hunt is complete without the gutting picture.  Heath's deer is going to feed our family for a while!

Halloween 2015

I found 2 of the cutest dragon slayer costumes online this year. One was red and the other blue. They were adorable. When I excitedly showed the boy and asked if they wanted to be dragon slayers for Halloween, Hunter thought it sound great and quickly picked the red one. Heath rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Nope," he said, "I want to be the dragon."  So that's what we had....the dragon slayer and the dragon.

I borrowed one of my students props. 

Miss Informed, Miss Count, and Miss Behaved.

Miss Informed with Miss Multiply and Miss Analyze.

A couple of Miss Fits.

Without realizing it, our bestie, Kayin, was also a dragon.

One tuckered out dragon

Dragon slaying is exhausting.

Pumpkins!

Our Halloween tradition is to carve pumpkins with our besties.

The dads are really learning to step up their game in the pumpkin carving.

A few days later we carved one more pumpkin that we had at the house.  Chris and the boys worked so hard on it after school.  They carved out a black widow spider and the web.  The pumpkin looked awesome.  When they were done, Chris put it outside with the promise that just before bedtime we would go outside and light it and take pictures.  Then we all came in and got busy cooking supper and doing homework.  As promised, we all headed outside at dark only to find that our dog had drug in into the yard and he and the deer had proceeded to demolish it and have themselves a snack.  There was no more pumpkin left.  It lasted less than 2 hours.

October Junior Brave - Heath

Heath was selected for his Kindergarten class to be the October Junior Brave. When he got the letter announcing his achievement he was beyond excited!

He even took the letter to the football game to show it off to Aunt Amy and Aunt Kay.

This little guy is having a great year so far, and he loves his teacher.

Mimi and Papa got to come eat with him in the cafeteria and watch the awards ceremony.

I'm so proud of you Heath. 

Denver, Colorado

This past week our little family took a trip to Denver, Colorado to see an allergy specialist up there.  We decided to drive because flying was too expensive.  It made for a fun little road trip, and we all had a blast.

The boys rode in the car for a little way in their pjs.  They slept for about the first 2 hours.

The first night we stopped in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The next morning we made a detour and rode the train up to the top of Pike's Peak.  Notice the boys are eating ice cream and Chris is drinking coffee.  It was 88 degrees at the bottom of the mountain.

It was the perfect time of year.  The aspen trees are turning a beautiful vibrant yellow.

The streams and waterfalls that were along the train tracks were gorgeous.

 

The views at the top of Pike's Peak were breathtaking.  I can definitely see why they inspired the song "America the Beautiful."

It was 30 degrees at the top.

That evening, we drove the rest of the way into Denver, Colorado.  We had a little bit of time before supper so we decided to let the boys try out their Top Golf skills.

The next morning was the doctor's appointment.  Chris and Heath were both retested for their allergies.  Heath amazingly sat perfectly still and let the doctor draw blood from his arm.  He was fascinated with the blood shooting out of his arm and into the tube.  However, he lost it when it was time for his allergy testing.  Hunter and I stood outside the room, and Hunter cried because we could hear Heath crying so hard.

We headed home after that, and spent two more days on the road to get home.  It was exhausting and we may have gone a little stir crazy.

We are so glad to be home and back at school.  I will update about the new allergy treatments in a few weeks if we see results.