November 18, 2008 Awwww, how cute was he

Here's Mikey as a little tyke with his big wheel at Christmas. Donna emailed it to me today. We've got an album of Michael when he was little but I've not seen this one. I'm gonna have to dig out the one of him with the mullet and moccasin boots. hehehehehe This one is too cute.

November 16, 2008 Poachers............

Well, tonight turned out to be fairly interesting. Michael and Dad witnessed a poacher across the ridge. It was well after legal shooting hours when the headlights were seen and the gunshot was heard. Without going into the whole story, 2 hours, 1 state trooper and 3 game wardens later this poor thing was found in the woods. Her backend had been blown off and the bullet exited through her gut. The game warden let us take the deer so she wouldn't be a total waste. It's just sickening that people have to stoop to such a level. Michael's hand is bigger than her head. They had evidently dragged her into the woods to come back for later or the next morning who knows. It's just ridiculous that some people don't have anymore respect for wildlife than that.

November 15, 2008 Good Grief!!

Remember my post from yesterday and the tree. We're gonna need that bigger house now. This beast just happened to step in front of Mikey's scope this morning. Needless to say we are out of room in the house and now he has to decide who has to go. (the deer mounts that is ;o)

November 14, 2008 Bye Bye 9ft tree

In 2002 we bought this tree the day after Christmas. We had grand plans of building a house and whatnot. Little did we know what the next few years would bring. Struggles with infertility, and a journey to our little man. So, 6 years later I still don't have room for a 9ft Christmas tree and decided to let it go. I posted it on the internet for sale and it went that evening. We wouldn't trade what we have now for anything. :o)

November 13, 2008 old pics

I've been on a cleaning rant at the house and while cleaning out an old trunk I came across some pics from my senior year. Quite funny I may add. Check out the do!!! I know I've got some good pics of Mikey around here somewhere I'm gonna have to dig them out. This was my last day of school with my buds.

11/12/08 JO JO and Dusty are back

Aunty Jo and Uncle Dusty have been Las Vegas and Hollywood since last Sunday. They got in

late last night and came bearing gifts. :o) Universal Studios and Disney Land were on their list of stops. Alex got a cool pair of Mickey ears that are Pirates of the Carribean theme. Too cool. He also got some magnet rocks from the Grand Canyon and Dusty built him a light saber that is way cool. Star Wars (all of them new and old) are his favorites. He also got some spiderman dog tags. Michael and I got some cool t-shirts and a necklace for me.

11/11/08 Ahhhhhhhhhh the bathroom

Here's the newly remodeled new favorite room in the house. We still have to put up the bar light over the medicine cabinet and shelves in the closet but other than that it's DONE!!!!!!! Not to toot our own horns but it's awesome!! Doesn't look like it belongs in our house. LOL

11/9/09 Moving the herd

Today after michael killed the button buck (lol) we moved all the goats and cows to different fields. The billies have been doing their "thing" with the girls and it was time for everyone to be separated again for the winter. We've got our first round of babies due in December. Whoohoo. Here we go again. Alex had a big time with "Sarge" and "Marian" they were chasing him around and nipping at his pants. Michael knocked a hole in to one of the stalls so the goats would have more room. The boys are back in solitary for the time being. They fought so much it looked like a bloodbath in their stall. Both are getting along good now though.

11/8/09 Deer Season again...........

I have given up on hunting. I'm just not feeling it anymore. Michael on the other hand is now having to kill enough deer for the both of us and is doing a bang up job already. He took a doe on Saturday and one on Sunday. Oh, wait. LOL That was a button buck he killed on SUnday. LOL He's been terribly upset over it. It's just not something he'd do. More like something I'd do. Oh, well. They'll both eat good. Alex was ready to pose for a pic in his Daddy's first hunting tobbagan.

11/7/08 Field Trip

Today things were slow at work so the girls and I took a field trip to our house. Our first cow "Sarge" is named after my Supervisor Sandy. :o) She has a thing for cows and wants to buy him from us and pay us to board him so we won't eat him next year. Not going to happen. LOL She's been dying to come and see him and all of our other critters so we made a day of it. Sarge got to feed "Sarge" and the goats. Mel and Cindy had a big time too. The critters loved it cause they got extra food.

11/1/08 New Member of the house

Ziggy has moved back in to help with the mice that are seemingly over taking the house. Since he's been in we've had no sign of any of those disgusting little critters. He's too fat to catch anything so it must just be his presence that has scared them all away. LOL