Major catch up time! November 16th, 2010

Well, it happened yet again! It has been such a crazy busy month, that I just haven't gotten to my blog. We went a lot of places and did a lot of fun things, so I will try to cover as much as I can and hopefully I will get better at this! Lets see...back in October, we were just getting ready to go antelope hunting. I had to work the night before we left, so we loaded the truck the night before. When I got home, we headed to Grantsville to drop the kids off. Then we headed to Wyoming! I pretty much slept the entire way to Green River, where we dropped off our computer to Dave to repair. Then we headed out to find a campsite. We were really excited when we got to where we usually hunt, and our favorite spot was open. It is right under this giant dead tree. We set up our tent and decided we had about 45 minutes of daylight left, so we thought we would go out and see what we could find. And not even a half mile from camp, we came up on a doe and a fawn. I jumped out and shot the doe. She ran 5 yards and dropped! It was really exciting! So we took care of her and headed back to camp to finish setting up and go to bed. So pretty good luck. We were there not even an hour and had one doe down. One down, two to go! It was a pretty cold night for me, but I think Ken slept fine. Of coarse! :) The next morning, we woke up really early and drove out to where we thought they would be. We spotted some over a few hills, so we jumped out of the truck and started hiking. We got up on them, but I couldn't get a good shot off. We chased them over another ridge just in time to watch two bucks dueling it out! Finally the weaker one gave up and died! It was such a crazy thing to watch! I did get a shot off this time around, and wasn't sure whether or not I hit it. So we followed it for a long time, until we decided that she wasn't. We walked back to the dead buck. He was a pretty good size! We figured maybe the other one broke it's back or neck or something!? It was pretty amazing though. We headed back to the truck. We were spotting them all over the place, so it was fun. And we never did see any other hunters while we were there. I finally ended up shooting a little buck that was bedded down at a watering hole. So I was done shooting by 12 noon that day. I only used about 5 bullets. Both times I shot and hit, I killed. So we went back to camp to eat lunch and take a nap. I was still feeling exhausted from working a few nights earlier. So as I'm sleeping, I can hear Ken messing with stuff around camp, chopping firewood, doing whatever. Then when I wake up, Ken tells me he went for a little hike and shot a doe. He hiked up, shot the doe, came back to camp to grab his pack, hiked back up to her, gutted her, and then came back to camp and put her in the cooler all while I was sleeping! So I missed the whole thing! :/ He was pretty excited though! So, it was our first day there, my mom had the kids for three more days, we decided to go somewhere fun. We loaded everything up in the truck and headed back to Utah.

Oh yah, I chipped one of my teeth on the drive out there, so I was anxious to get back to a dentist. So we spent the night at home, which the drive home was a late one, but don't worry Ken, I can stay awake and talk with ya! "Are we in Provo canyon?" :) The next morning, I ran to the dentist and then we headed out to Cave Lake, Nevada. It was a really pretty lake just over the border. We got there and set up our tent again! Then we hit the lake! The weather was pretty good. It rained on and off throughout the time we were there. But we stayed dry mostly! We took a drive over the loop there. We saw a few deer. And a lot of hunters. It was really beautiful! The loop ended up in Ely. And we decided to go to dinner at a mexican restaurant. The night was really windy and rainy, but we both stayed warm enough. We woke up and took down camp. We hit the lake one last time. The fishing was fast! The fish were small...really small, but fast action! Lots of fun! I think we caught almost 50 fish together! Yah, Ken beat me. He caught 26 I think, and I caught 22.


We drove up through Wendover to get to my mom's house. Ken was upset about not being able to stop and get a buffet because we were too early passing through. But really, we could have gone if we had waited about 20 minutes. Oh well! The kids were good for my parents. It was nice to see them again. It was such a great few days! I slept a lot. And it was so nice to be able to have time to be with just Ken! We don't get very many opportunities like that anymore. It was an amazing vacation!
October was a busy month for us all. Savannah had quite a few Halloween parties and birthday parties going on. Ken was busy at work. And I actually had quite a few work meetings and things going on as well.
I had my deer hunt on the 23rd. It was a fun day too! Marisa spent the night on Friday so that me and Ken could leave really early the next morning. We drove up on top of skyline. And it was so foggy that we couldn't see 20 feet in front of us! It was kind of frustrating, because we had not been seeing any deer lower, and now the fog was keeping us from finding anything! We drove all the way over and decided to hit Fairview for some lunch and then drive over Lake Fork in a last attempt to see something on our way home. It was pretty sad. I don't remember the last time I didn't see the crazy big deer camp without a deer hanging on opening day. We didn't actually see anybody with deer hanging, until at the end of Lake Fork road at someones camp. They had a little buck. We were almost through the prime areas on the road and I was losing hope of seeing anything, when all the sudden I spotted a couple deer standing about 100 yards off the rod ahead of us! I was so excited! I jumped out and got ready and sure enough, there was a little spiker buck! I shot and he dropped right there! I was so stoked! So was Ken! It's funny how excited we were about such a little buck! :D He will be good eatin' though! We stopped and celebrated with ice cream from McDonalds!

Halloween was fun this year, although it would have been way more fun if Ken had been there! Ken headed to Nevada for his hunt and I stayed behind. Me and the kids went to Tiff's house and trick or treated there. Savannah got a whole bucket full of treats! She had a lot of fun too. It was really cold and rainy in the beginning, but turned out pretty nice.

Then the next day we headed out to Nevada to join Ken! On Saturday, the first day he was there, Him and Craig drove out and shot first thing that morning. Ken shot a really nice 5x3! His body was just massive! Almost like an elk! He is going to have it European mounted.


So that left him available to go with us trick or treating in Wells! It was way fun! They really know how to celebrate Halloween! Spooky houses, and all out costumes! It was great! And Savannah and Carson filled another bucket up with candy and goodies! They carved pumpkins earlier that day too. So it was fun driving back up to the house in Wells, and seeing the pumpkins lit up!


It was a lot of fun to see Cliff and Pattie! They are always so hospitable! We loaded up the four wheelers and rokon one of the days we were there and went for a long ride in the mountains there. We strapped the car seats to the back of ours and Savannah rode up in front of me half the time, and with Ken the other half. We didn't see any animals, but it was beautiful country! And I think the kids had a fun time!






Ken did a lot of hunting while he was there too. They went coyote hunting almost every day and were successful almost every time. I watched him shoot a few ducks off of a nearby pond. I'm glad he could go and have fun! He deserves it!
We went to my dad's and Morgan's Birthday party on Sunday. That was fun! We made Hawaiin chicken!
Oh yah, so Ken and I have started a weight loss bet. We weigh in on fridays and whoever loses the most weight during that week, wins whatever they bet. I lost the first week. Ken has lost the last two weeks. He had to take my big bookshelf downstairs and take me to two movies this week! :) Lovin it!
Ken is working in Rosebud today doing some welding.
Well, that about covers all the exciting things we have been up to!