Thanksgiving & Turkey Bowl 2009

David And Trisha, Brad and Brittany came again for the week. Here are some highlights of their visit!


Here is a slide with some pics from our Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving!




Brad and I had an encounter with a Moose!




These pictures are from our night out (without the kids) Bowling and Red Robin:


Brad Shot a nice Whitetail while he was in town. Here are some pics of the beast. This is his fourth Idaho Buck! Nice work Brad!



We had an amazing turkey Dinner... The kids set up a slide in the stairwell after they ate to work off some food.

Pointe Pest Steelhead Trip

Every year we try to do a little activity with the Pointe Employees... last year we did a pheasant hunt and this year we went to Orofino and did a steelhead fishing trip for the day. Here are some pics!

Basketball

Well, I took after my mom and started playing basket ball for the second time. The first time was just learning the skills and stuff. Now I play in real games. We train twice a week for games on Saturday. So far we have had two games, and we lost both of them. The Mustangs is our team name. Our team color is black. Mom is a coach, but she just helps as an assistant. In the first game we played the Tar Heals. They beat us bad!!! It was 24 to 8!!!! The second game wasn't so bad. The Greens beat us 10 to 8(it was really 5 to 4). I played my best friend from Volley Ball camp! Her name is Rebeca. Adaline

First Snow

We finally got snow!!!!!!!!!! I know it's only November, but I love snow. Adaline

Glamis 2009

Below is a slide show with some pics from this years "man-cation." This was the fourth year in a row that I have gotten together with some friends from college to ride motorcycles for a weekend. Instead of Pismo Beach we went to Glamis. As you can see we had a grand time. Enjoy!

a small ode to Hauser

Our family at Hauser Lake, October 2003

We moved to Hauser 6 years ago this past October. I was so sad to leave Boise where we had family and so many friends to love. I was also excited though, to have an adventure and a change of scenery. I could never have guessed how much I would love it up here, so much that we would actually put down "roots" and settle awhile. There's no doubt I have been lonesome at times being so far from loved ones, but I have consoled myself with the mountains and lakes and rivers in our backyard. We see wildlife nearly everyday. Right now there are turkeys and deer all over. The stars here are so bright and noticable. We have fields and forest where our kids can play and truly exciting weather. I have made dear friends and grown up quite a bit. I have to say, I have become attatched to our little farm in Hauser.