Christmas Time

So Christmas has come and gone and it was wonderful the kids got lots of goodies

Bailey's favorite was of course her new Dell laptop, Brody's favorite gift was his new sled but the best reaction was for his new Pokemon cards who knew Pokemon cards were the best thing EVER!

Merry Christmas

Here are pics of Ballard's last three years of whitetails he has taken in Saskatchewan and Bailey is holding his Sask whitetail and home whitetail 2009 we hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and A Happy new Year!!

Brody's Christmas Concert

So this last week we had Brody's christmas concert and we were a bit concerned that he would be like his father and just stand there and be stubborn but boy were we surprised as he danced and preformed his little heart out.... way to go Brodz! He is in the red and white shirt with the #90 on it, they did a rockin xmas song and we loved it1

New Moon

So it has been awhile since I have posted and we have been having fun workin hard and are very much looking forward to a few days off! Bailey and I stood in line for 3.5 hrs to see new moon and had fun standing in line with friends! In the chairs are Bailey's friends Sydney and Carly with Carly's mom who was Brody's teacher last year! In the next picture is my boss's granddaughter Tori in the light blue coat and her friends they are all hockey players and are cute as buttons but will tear you apart on the ice! The Last pic is Bailey doing her favorite thing TEXTING!!

2009 elk

So Ballard got his elk last weekend, it was late sunday night and he had to get up early and head to camp so this is the best we could do for pictures! But hey an elk is an elk and the freezer is full who could ask for anything more!

we are making progress

So Ballard decided we really needed a wood shed this year, {my nagging about how hard it was to build up the fire with wet frozen wood that is three feet long had nothing to do with it!} and so we have been working on it for the past couple of weekends as he is in camp and only home on the weekends but it is coming along nicely and if the wind cooperates we will put the tin on this weekend! Of course it has somehow grown in size to now being a wood slash storage slash meat hanging shed! Gotta love a man with vision!

FAll is our favorite time of all

So Brody was my super helper in the garden this weekend and helped me dig allllllll the potatoes! Thanks Brodz I couldn't have done it without you! We love the view we have from our house in the fall it is so beautiful and sometimes I just have to pinch myself to make sure it is real!

First Bow kill Deer

So Hunting Season is off to a good start! Ballard was very excited to finally kill this awesome mule deer with his Mathews bow. He was in his tree stand and the buck walked by at thirty-six yards, using his forty pin he shot the buck a little high and spined him. He was very happy as this is his first velvet buck and has a cool drop tine!

One year older!

Well ballard and I are celabrating birthdays this week so last night my wonderful hubby took me out to dinner and we went and saw Happy people with Adam Sandler , dinner was yummy but I would have to say pass on Happy People we both had a hard week at work and wanted a good laugh but it was a more sad then make you laugh kind of movie so maybe we will go see Ice Age 3 again since I was so tired when we went to see it the first time that I fell asleep! You know your getting old and working too much when you fall asleep in a theatre filled with noisy kids! Anyway I had Bailey take some pics of Ballard and I, we were being silly and he looks thrilled that I made him take pictures Who does that remind you of....... I'm not naming any names but if you go onto Koe's blog you will see a similar older version of Ballard! I am just going to take a moment to tell you all how great a man I married he works hard all week and even though he is tired he still takes time to be a wonderful dad and husband Brody says he is the best dad EVER and he is the best hunter, fisherman, snake and frog catcher! Bailey and Ballard share the same taste in music books and artistic talent where as I roll my eyes when they jam to their music she loves that her dad rocks! And I am grateful for a husband who makes me laugh! most people think Ballard is a quiet shy guy but I am telling you this is not sooooo he is funny and I love that about him!

HARRY POTTER

So this is Brody's version of Harry as a Prince the top picture is his wild and crazy version which you can only do at HOME! And the bottom picture is how Harry would behave at school! I wonder if Harry wore Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Underwear!

New Kittens and Camp

So we finally found some manx kittens and they are so sweet! Brody is holding Bella but the boy Jake aka Jacob was feeling camera shy he is a very cute grey with black and brown stripes color and we love them!

So Ballard is back in camp uggggg! He hates the camp he is in the cook is terrible and well he really hates it but not as much as Brody he REALLY misses his Dad so he insists on crawling into bed with me because it makes him feel better or so he says! I snapped these pictures the other morning because he totally looks so like a Schumann man!

Bear guiding 2009

So Ballard guided a couple of Wyoming bear hunters last week and took some really nice black bears he also was on the Christensen Outdoors hunting show with bear hunters from 2008 so he is now a famous t.v star! Hee Hee we are so proud of our hunter man!

fun times

Here are some more pictures of the boys on their fishing adventure Brody loved the octopus that they caught and thought the crabs were awesome!