Hunting Trip October 2011

In anticipation for Justin's huntin' trip. He would wear his Browing hat EVERYWHERE, except work, of course!

He even tried to sleep in it.
The man was excited, to say the least, to go huntin'!

We took a trip to Cabela's one Saturday evening and had a fun time looking at all the fish and animals. The kids loved it!

And then came the trip...

Justin went with his brother, Matt, and his parents on a hunting trip to Colorado at the end of October. The four of them stayed in this cabin and rough and toughed it for a week. They had a great time!

Garth came along as well, here he is in his hunter orange.

The Hunters
Justin, Craig, and Matt

Their horses were like the three amigos, they had to stay together.

Justin and his horse, Jewel.

Justin put on all the layers he had on one of the cold days, he ended up wearing two of the same layers and everyone had a good laugh.

Don't mess with Nana!

Justin was the trusty scout.

We are so happy Justin got to go hunting and we are so glad he is back with us. Elsie has not been the same since. She has turned into a major daddy's girl. She loves her mama but the second daddy gets home, mama is invisible. She loves on her daddy constantly and does not let him out of her sight. It is adorable! And it's even cuter because she looks like almost exactly like little JC bunny rabbit.

Adorable!

Conference

Every six months our church has General Conference. We were so happy to have to opportunity to fly to Utah and to go to the conference center for all the sessions. It was heavenly being able to listen to the speakers and not be distracted (though we missed our children immensely and we have Matt and Jene' to thank for watching them over the weekend).

The reason we went to Utah for conference instead of watching it at home was because my Dad was speaking for the first time and we wanted to be there in person and with my siblings. It was a wonderful experience. While we were watching in the conference center, our children were watching at Matt and Jene's house and I am so glad Jene' took pictures of it.
Jorgen is such a great listener these days and he especially listened to his Grandpa's talk. He still remembers the stories Grandpa told.

This was my favorite part of his talk, when he was caught off guard when people laughed at part of the story he was telling about drowning in the ocean. I love his smile here.

After the last session, we headed back to my parents' home to eat dinner before Justin and I had to fly back to Dallas. We took a few family photos before we left.

My adorable parents

My siblings and my parents
Me, Shanda, McKenzie, Dad, Mom, Jase

The whole gang, minus Rachel (Jase's wifey- we missed her!!)What a wonderful experience it was being there with everyone. We were more than anxious to get back to our children and are so grateful for Matt and Jene' for making it possible to go.