Baby News!

Yes, its official, we are PREGNANT! I am sure everyone knows by now, I've been taking my own sweet time to post anything about it. We are quite excited by thought of a new "human" member joining our family. (Carl, the cat, is not nearly as excited as you can see in the picture!) I have been trying for days to get the video of the ultrasound to post on the blog but I just must not be technically inclined enough to get it done. (Any suggestions let me know!) So I am posting the only pic of the baby that I could get to work and this is it! I will at least post an ultrasound pic as soon as I can but for those of you who want to see the video, you are just going to have to come and see us or wait for us to come and see you! This pic is at exactly 4 months. I know, I feel like I am showing way too much for only being 4 months but there's not a whole lot I do about it?! Keep checking back for the revealing of the gender.

(We should find out on November 26th if the baby cooperates!)

The Montana Monster!

I know that all we have is dead animals on our blog but what can we say "tis the season"! This is the monster buck that Ry shot in Montana this past week. He put in on a special hunt with Bing in Roy, MT (aka the middle of nowhere) and this is what he brought home as a souvenir! I must admit that I am looking forward to the jerky!

Jail Birds

Ryan and I went to an awesome Halloween party, hosted by our friends the Binghams. I finally broke Ry out of his rut of dressing up as a hunter for Halloween and we decided to go as jail birds. Ry as a prison inmate and me as a jail inmate. We had a great time and were the proud winners of the "mummy wrap" game as well as best jack-o-lantern! Thanks Bing and Tiff for a great party!

Don't you just love Ry's awesome neck tat!

He was in a scramble Sunday morning trying to scrub it off before teaching the deacons!

Finally!

At last! After 4 long years, Ry's hard work finally paid off. On September 10th Ry claimed his first Idaho elk! Shortly after climbing into his tree stand Ry utilized his elk calling skills and bugled in two bull elk. This spike came to within 8 yards of Ry's tree stand and he shot him with his bow. Elk down!

Hunting for Elk

As everyone knows, Ry highly anticipates the start of Elk season every year! Generally, he forsakes all other animals and only focuses on the elk. But after 2 nights of nothing, he happened upon a cinnamon colored black bear and couldn't resist. No elk yet but at least he's had some excitement. Keep checking back for soon to be elk pictures!

3rd Anniversary

Our most recent trip was to the Bahamas to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary. We went on a three day cruise out of Miami. We spent our time relaxing on the ship and snorkeling in the Bahamas where we came in contact with at least three 5-6 feet sharks! I truly enjoyed the weather, where as Ry discovered (again) that he is not a fan of humidity!

Our New House

Our most exciting news is the completion of our house! We moved in May first and have been loving it ever since. It is great to finally have some space. One of the first things we did was to adopt a few animals to add to our family. We currently have Gary the goat, Sherman the sheep, Karl the Kitten, Donald and Daisy the duck!