Turkey Hunter

Tanner had the chance to take Hunter Safety in February, which made him eligible to hunt small game. He was so excited to go on his first Turkey Hunt in April. The hunt was a couple of weeks long and so I thought he and his Dad would hit the hills a couple of weekends before he got a shot at one. I was wrong.

Kory, Tanner, and RJ left here Saturday Morning at around 5-5:30 and they were back home by about 10 with a turkey in hand. Unfortunately it was super cold that day and so he didn't get the full experience of getting out of the truck and getting to call the Turkey in. They were just driving along and saw the Turkey on the road.

When he shot it, it flew off the road and tumbled down a big long hill. So he did get the chance to hike a bit as his dad sent him down the ravine all by himself to retrieve the bird.

RJ was just as excited as Tanner was and his retelling of the story to Luke and I when they got home, had Luke and I rolling on the floor with laughter. He had all the squawks and flapping of wings and gobble, gobbles in all the right places. (according to his memory).

The only bad thing that came out of this is that we have officer "know it all" at our house now. When it comes to hunting or guns or gun safety, Tanner is the master of all. Who knew a Turkey could do this for your ego!

Baseball changes

After a few games of T-ball, RJ decided that unless a machine pitches to you, it isn't considered "real baseball". So, thank goodness the machine coach likes me and I convinced him to let RJ move to his team.

But that left me coaching a T-ball team that my child wasn't even on. And since we had the shirt and the hat already, we threw it on Khloee and let her have her first experience at baseball. She was so fun to coach and so easy.

What a great baseball season we had.


And just when we thought it was over and I was jumping for joy, Tanner got picked to be part of the All Star team. He was so excited and is loving the extra long season. He doesn't have games until July so we will see if he changes his mind about his love for the games as it is just going to get HOTTER!

Take me out to the ball game

Baseball season is officially underway! Yahoo.

Yesterday this big guy

This middle sized guy

and this little guy all had games.

This big guy is playing in the minor leagues. He played first base for 2 innings and pitched a couple of innings. And did a bang up job I must say. He hit and got on base every time up to bat. Impressed I was.

This Middle sized guy is playing machine pitch. He is lucky because his dad is his coach. I missed his game due to the fact that I am coaching the little guys T-ball team but this is the word I received from him and his coach. He started the game out a bit shaky by striking out his first up to bat but ended the game strong with a smashing triple.

This little guy is playing T-ball (as before mentioned). He likes T-ball but doesn't consider it real baseball because his mom is the pitcher. But he endures it. He started the game in the outfield at second base. He soon digressed to throwing his glove on the ground in a fit of rage, plopped himself behind second base and put his head between his knees and cried. (His team mates do not know how to stay out of this all stars way and it can be very frustrating). What did his coach do when her sweet little T-ball er showed his frustration in this way? She did what all T-ball coaches would have done, she ignored him and walked over to first base to help the non crying player. He perked up when it was our teams turn to bat and came to the plate like Babe Ruth. He has a good batters stance and a great swing coupled with a very determined face, he had the other kids worried about how hard he was going to hit. Lucky for them he still hits like a 6 year old.

The little girls got to be cheerleaders and a suckling little calf (because that is what Alaina did most of Tanners game, what a muncher!)

Picture day with the GIRLS

It's weird for me to say girls plural. I am so used to saying the boys and Khloee but now that we have Alaina it's an adjustment for me to hear girls. Kory's mom was insistent that we get some pictures of these girls (which I am glad she is because other wise I probably wouldn't have any.) Unfortunately Lainee was not very fond of pictures and wanted nothing to do with it. Luckily we still got a few good ones out of the adventure. Now I just have decide which of the 20 of Khloee that I am going to have printed. Thankfully, she was EASY!

I know I am biased but I think I have the most BEAUTIFUL girls!!

Alaina

Alaina has been part of our family for 3 weeks now and I am just getting around to posting some pictures of her (pathetic, I know) but I have a hard time putting her down. She is so fun to snuggle with. We can't get enough of her around here!!

Khloee's Halloween dance recital

Khloee has been taking dance from Martha Gubler for the last couple of months. She loves it even if she has her Dad's rythm. (We are just going to blame him because he will take the blame.) She had her first dance recital at Halloween time. She was so fun to watch and she did great for being only 3, I thought. Until her dad leaned over to me and said, "She has the attention span of a nat. Why did they put her right in the front?" I was busy videoing just her so I didn't notice that she wasn't completely keeping up with the other girls. Next time I will hand the camera to Kor and he can put on the blinders and think that his little girl is the best one out there.

Lucky for Khloee she already has her dad wound tightly around around her little finger so there isn't much she can do that he doesn't look at her with stars in his eyes.

(If only we all had that same power.)

So much to blog about

The 2010 Deer hunt was a great success! Kory and I both filled our tags as did most of the hunters that were with us. Khloee and RJ got to experience first hand the gutting of a deer. What 3 and 5 year old don't need that kind of an eduction? RJ couldn't take his eye's off the deer as his dad was gutting it but he kept saying, "Oh I'm gonna to puke"!We enjoyed our time together even if it poured rain the first couple of day's and the kids' clothes and shoes were a big muddy mess.
Luckily Khloee came prepared with her swimming suit for the great weather we were experiencing. The rest of us bundled up in our sweats and blankets and watched Khlo run around in her swim suit. (unfortunately there were no pictures taken of the beauty in her half naked state, although there was plenty of opportunity.)


While we were gone hunting, Luke missed the last games of his flag football season.
He loved his first year of playing football and did a great job for being his first year.

This is his first interception.
I was more impressed that I got a picture of it than I was of the actual interception. But good job anyway Luke!

After the season was over he informed me that he would be paying his way through college by playing football. Thank goodness, I can stop putting money in his college fund. . . wait, I never started his college fund. Even better, one less thing that I start and fail miserably at! Awesome, THANK YOU LUKE!!