First Lost Tooth

Oh yeah I almost forgot in all the chaos of the snow. Chase ended up staying at Jerry and April's for two days since we could not make it to day care. And on Tuesday afternoon. I got this pic. I guess Chase was showing Grandpa Jerry his loose tooth and he pulled it out. Then promptly gave Chase a dollar. Chase thought that was pretty cool. Then the tooth Fairy came and that was even better. His other bottom front tooth is barely hanging on but he won't let us pull it. So more to come on this I'm sure :)

Thanksgiving and the snowy vengeance of Winter

Well lets see first of all I decided to work on my blog tonight instead of working like I should be because I'm being a tired, burnt out rebel. Christmas season has officially hit and work and these 12 hour days are already starting to get to me.... does that mean I'm getting old??? And yet again I'm reminded why I hate Christmas but on a good note I have found a new spot to sit in customer service away from the speaker so at the moment no Christmas music for me yeah!!

Ok now that I have vented for a moment on to the real post. Well winter came back with a vengeance just about a week before Thanksgiving. Friday night the 19th is started snowing and it snowed all day Saturday and all day Sunday. If I were to guess we got about 7-9 inches at our house there was less than that in Rexburg and I have friends that live is Island Park and they got about 21" in that same amount of time. Then Sunday night the wind started to blow. And in Idaho that is never a good thing. The pictures below is what I woke up to Monday morning. I did not make it to work until a 10:30ish and the wind keep blowing for another day and a half. Needless to say I parked at the shop and walked to the house the next two days. Chase needless to say did not go all week the last part of the week way because of the holiday. When the wind finally stop blowing 3 days later Wednesday night I was a happy girl. Thursday was Thanksgiving and we had to jump a few drifts to get there but we make it to my Aunt's house and it was great. It was a nice meal and a quiet day. That was the last quiet day I have had since then. Friday was suppose to be a day off but had to got to work. Then Saturday and Sunday I worked from home to catch up on stuff for the upcoming week. Needless to say I'm living off mountain dew and jerky at work and little sleep. And on a good note I already have my Christmas cards and they are half addresses already. This is a definite improvement from last years new years cards I sent out in January. I guess working on mostly holiday lines all year is not all bad. LOL, well who knows when the next post will happen maybe after the rush at this point if I don't totally loose my mind.

The drift behind my car on Monday morning

Jerry's Tool Cat could not cut through the drift they had to get the big tractor out for this bad boy.

My 1st Grader

Here is my goodlooking 1st grader. In is Iowa shirt that is Grandma Lonna bought him this summer on our trip. He picked it out for picture day all by himself, he wears that shirt with pride cause he loves IA!

Halloween and New Pets

Well This year is flying by I can't believe it is November already. And I have a feeling that I say this a lot but it was another busy month. Last weekend we did the Halloween and trick or treating thing and then last our daycare Angie had some kittens that she was getting rid of they were outside kittens that have already learned to mouse. So Chase and I decided we would adopt one. Luckily the daycare kids had already names them so we brought Smokey home. He seems very well tempered. he sat on my lap all the way home from daycare without having an issue. So this should be an interesting adventure I'm sure more to come on this saga.

Smokey the cat not Smokey the bear :)

I let Chase and Brook bring Smokey into the house for a few minutes this morning since we had only been up for an hour and they had checked on him 10 times already.

Halloween and Truck or Treat

Chase and Kaleb

Chase the Ninja

October Hunting Report

Well October was a good month for the guys killing does and cows.

Colby and his doe

Forrest and his doe

Zane and his cow moose

Hunting Season so far...

So as I sit here and wait for my group of mighty hunters to come home. (Forrest, Rashelle, Zane, Talon and friends) I decided I would post the pics of the dead animals so far. Forrest shot a nice 5x6 bull on his birthday. This is his second "birthday bull" and I was happy to get a text 15 mins after getting to work that one was down and my freezer would again have meat in it. It has been a couple lean years lately and the freezers were getting empty. The grizzly bears and wolves have been making it harder to get elk since they are afraid to "talk" because the wolves will find them. Then the week after my best friend Rashelle shot the big huge bear we call Brutus she has been trying to shoot that bear for almost three years he is old smart and big because of it. This was a big victory for her and she has wanted him for a long time and she finally got him. So enjoy the pics and hopefully we will have more pics of other dead things soon!

Brutus on a game cam

Rashelle the mighty hunter with Brutus


Zane and Rashelle

Forrest and Rashelle

Forrest and his birthday bull

Granola Bars

For all those who have been asking I think I figured out the recipe to my granola bars so here it is:
Toast 5 cups of oats at 325 for 15 min once done let cool for a few minutes then add 4 cups of trail mix in a large bowl.
On the stove bring to a boil 2 cups of Karo syrup 1/2 cup peanut butter and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. Once boiling pour over oat mixture and stir till well coated place into well greased 9x13 pan press down till compact.
Cook for 15 min at 325. I usually cut while warm and then let sit overnight before packaging.