Halloween Carnival 2008

We have been planning costumes for a couple weeks. Braxton and Cooper decided to be the Indiana Jones twins. This took of course tons of negotiating with Braxton. He is in 4th grade and Cooper is in 1st grade. There are a few other occasions before Halloween for which we will get all dressed up. This one was quite fun because this was my elementary school. I have quite a few memories here. To finally be settled here of all places has been really neat! My sister and I got the kids all ready. She and her family have just moved back here as well. These are two of her kids Kort and Abbie. My kids love having them close to share all this fun with. What a great time we are having.

This is a pretty cute little witch. We are going to work on a little more of a mean face for Halloween I think. She looks a little too pretty. She had fun with my makeup bag getting ready for the carnival. She has made a great little diabetic plan for Trick or Treating. Sound like her candy will last us about 12mos.

The Boys!!!!

This is a picture of the boys on their last trip out to hunt with their dad. They hiked their legs off and loved every minute of it. They were able to camp several times between hunts. What a great time they had.

2008 Elk Hunt

Here is a great picture of Lyndon in Heaven. He harvested this nice bull elk the first week of September. Braxton and Cooper loved hunting and hiking with him all month. He was hunting alone this day and shot this elk at 50 yards away right in the heart. He tracked him only 50 yards from where he had shot him. I wanted to post his elk because now that we are blogging again the only pics of him I have this month are these kind. We are also very proud of his exceptional gift with the elk, archery and the outdoors. It brings great value to our family.

Fall Picnic

We took a little trip up to Lyndon's hunting camp. He was out hunting with his brother and they were packing another elk out. Needless to say we ate dinner without them and played in the creek a bit. If you can't really tell, the kids are really having a hard time smiling. The water is freezing cold. They had a great time though. The love the mountains as much as their dad does.