Hunting Trip

For those of you who don't know, Chris is a hunter. Now don't be shocked, he doesn't do it just for sport. Anything he shoots (or harvests, as some like to say) becomes food. We traveled Oregon at the end of October for an elk hunting trip at Grandpa Dow's ranch. Let me tell you, it is a LONG drive to Prineville, Oregon with a baby in the car. Hannah actually traveled very well, we just took two days to travel each way and did a lot of singing in the car.
The ranch is beautiful. We had lots of fun up there with Chris' parents, Doc, Auntie Rita and Chris' cousin Ryan. The extra blessing was getting to see my grandparents on my dad's side. They live in the same town as Chris' grandpa, and had never met Chris or Hannah. We spent an afternoon visiting at their house and catching up.
It was a successful hunting trip, we now have a freezer full of meat in the garage. Be warned that there is one dead animal picture in the slideshow.

Our Crazy Family

Pumpkins!

Sorry for the delay in posting, we have been VERY busy the last couple weeks, including a trip to Oregon (post soon to come). We took Hannah to Big Wave Dave's Pumpkin Patch in mid October. She wasn't really sure what to do with pumpkins, but now that we have two at home she tries to chew on the stems. We also stopped at the Avila Valley Barn to enjoy the pumpkins, food and animals, but we picked the wrong day for it. I don't recommend visiting the Sunday before Halloween, it was a mad house! And my camera stopped working so we don't have any pictures from there. Maybe next year. I still got to enjoy pumpkin filled pastry.