Deer season

I will have to admit I was almost to the point of giving up on rifle season all together. Archery season is my favorite time of year. I have not had any luck in rifle season since 2001 and that was my last shot and deer taken with a rifle. Well that has changed. I hunted this weekend through Monday morning. The plan was to hunt only a few hours on Monday then get back home to Emmy and the girls. I was pretty deterred only seeing a few deer the previous two long days of hunting. So Monday morning came and I had cut my time even more thinking I would only hunt two hours pack up and call it another year with a rifle. Needless to say as you can see by the pictures Monday did not go how I thought it was going to. At about 7:30 this guy got by me once without giving me a shot but he had something else on his mind. He started chasing a doe, and tried to pass by me for a second time which was his last mistake. This is my biggest buck to date and a very large deer for the area I hunt. I think that I will have to give rifle season a few more chances over the next few years. ( I have also take one doe as well in archery season so far this year)

Hopefully she will be my hunting partner in the future.

Maybe with out the teddy bear.

I just thought this angle made him look big.

I could have used Cadence when I had to drag him out of the swamp.

Ainslee singing her ABC's

Ainslee has been starting to sing her ABC's, I finally got it on tape this morning. Disregard the jelly all over her face, and her trying to ignore me by looking away from the camera!!

Our Silly Girls

Cadence said she was waiting for deer to come to her

so she could watch them with her binoculars

Ainslee's favorite way to brush her teeth, on the counter
(and check out the socks and crocs that have to go on over her jammies)

Ainslee on the naughty wall

This is what happens when we put Ainslee in time out on the naughty wall next to the dirty laundry!!

Halloween

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. We had a party at Grandma and Papa's house with Cowgirl Paige and Spiderman Caden. We also had Michael Phelps and Leo from Little Einsteins, but I would be in serious trouble if I posted those pics!! Ainslee dressed up as Snow White, and Cadence was the witch from Snow White. It seemed fitting for the girls to dress up as those characters. They love to read Snow White and like to play a game that we call "spell apples". Someone plays the witch and gives the other a bite of a pretend spell apple, then they fall asleep, just like Snow White. Then the "amsome" (handsome) prince has to come and give Snow White true loves first kiss to wake up. It's quite adorable, and fun to get kisses from the girls!