Antelope Hunt

Chad, Dad, and friend John headed to Wyoming the first of October to meet up with Bryce and a few friends to do some antelope hunting. Everyone filled their tags, each getting a buck and a doe.

Chad and Dad showing off thier wide based bucks

The whole crew

Bryce spent a lot of time scouting for the crew to come hunt and found a great campsite located in the only stand of trees around. It was an old town site as well with some of the foundations still visible.

The camp wasn't too bad, complete with a cook tent and propane heaters!

The heaters came in handy. The temperature was generally between 20 and 35 degrees with a solid 20 mph wind. They got snowed on a few times, the largest coming the night before they left. The conditions for breaking camp was 3 degrees and a foot of fresh snow!

Chad said it's beautiful country.....to visit!

Bryce put a lot of work into the hunt and making sure every one filled thier tags. His outstanding guide job got rewarded with this beautiful buck.

Oh Boy October!

We've had a busy, busy October. Chad left for 2 weeks to go Antelope hunting with Bryce and Dad in Wyoming. While he was gone, Cassidy's Grandmas were awesome and came to spend lots of time with her. During Grandma Kit's week, they went to the pumpkin patch. While Grandma Margie was here, she and Cassidy spent lots of time outside smelling the flowers and playing in the garden.

Cassidy loves going with me to feed horses and exploring the new barn. She gets to "sample" the apples before the horses get them...only the best for her boys.

One of our great pumpkins....

Mom, Cassidy and I left Friday the 16th to head back to Dayton, meet up with Chad, and deer hunt. Our friends from college, Jon and Jill and their two kiddos Lance (almost 2) and Courtney (3 mos) came over as well to visit and hunt. Cassidy and Lance really hit it off and were very cute together....once they were convinced it was ok to share!

Doing chores with Grandma...

See, they can work together!

Dad has come a long way and seemed pretty comfortable with all 3 kiddos

Cassidy trying to fill big boots

Chad and Mom ganged up on me and convinced me Cassidy needed her first hair cut, I mean trim. I'm not ready for her first hair cut yet! We just cut the few hairs from her bangs that were hanging down in her eyes.

Cassidy mugging for the camera

and using Grandma for a jungle gym

Cassidy loved taking her wagon through the field and down to the barn to say hi to the mules. She wasn't too impressed though with Gidget. Cassidy had put some little pumpkins into her wagon but also had a few scraps of hay. Gidget was going after the hay but Cass was worried about her pumpkins and actually yelled at Gidget and tried to shoo her away.

I'd show pictures of the yummy deer we got, but I can't. Out of 5 tags we only had one deer hanging at the end of 4 days. I didn't even see a horn. We got lots of hiking in though and nice weather. As always it was wonderful being on the farm and a great trip. We are slowly getting back to our routine after a scramble this week due to the fact that Cass's babysitter got hired for a teaching position and started right away. We have found another wonderful sitter though that Cassidy will start with next week. They just live 2 doors down and have a little girl a few months older than Cassidy. I think they will be good friends and be able to go through school together. It seems to have worked out beautifully, despite my stress!

Pumpkin Patch

Grandma Kit took Cassidy and Alexa to the Pumpkin Patch Thursday. They had a great time with wagon rides, a huge pumpkin patch, petting zoo (where Cass had no fear, except for the sheep) and the best pumpkin pie ever.

What a great day!

Catching Up

It's been a little while since I've been able to check in. Here's what we've been up to... in a nut shell. Jerry and Chad worked hard and got my barn built for the horses. It's great and now Cassidy and I don't have to go in with the horses when we feed. With lil' miss independent, I was getting a little worried she would get hurt as the horses kinda push around when it comes to feed. Cassidy was right in the mix helping, and keeping us entertained. Grandma Kit came down for babysitting duty, giving us all time to work. It's not quite done, but definitely usable, and the horses seem to be liking their new space and I'm so happy!

Boy does she look like she's up to something!

Still helping with harvest and loving her veggies

Cassidy has been practicing her dancing moves too. I think she's getting pretty good and I love the exit!