The Mighty Hunters

Yesterday Chris and I went hunting for deerlies. We got up at before dawn and headed up the mountain. Carter stayed home with his Grandma Tanner. We hiked and hiked and hiked and hiked. We found a lot of good spots and just watched. After over three hours of hiking and watching we didn't find a single track. At about 11 am we decided that there were no deer in this forest so we went back to the truck to shed some layers , eat some food, and then make a new plan. When we got to the truck we discovered that the truck we had locked required a seperate key than the ignition key to unlock it and we did not have that key! After over and hour of trying to break in we decided it was time to give up and call Chris's mom to bring us the missing key. When Chris's mom got there we were sitting there talking to her. Chris turned around and couldn't believe what he saw....two doe's standing on the other side of the truck just looking at us! One was a small doe and the other a fawn. Even though Chris's tag allows him to shoot doe's Chris didn't shoot these ones for a couple reasons. One they were just a little too close to the road and two they were very small. We wouldn't of hardly got any meat off of them and that is whole point of hunting. So we just sat there looking at them. That was enough to convince us that there was indeed deer in this forest. So we continued to hike in search of them, but with no success. We didn't see another deer all day, but it was a beautiful day and we had a great time together, and I got a great workout! It's a miracle that I can even walk today:)


This is Chris staring at the deer.



Here we are waiting for a deer to come offer itself to us!



This is one good looking hunter

A sticky situation!

Last week I canned a bushel of peaches and a bushel of pears. I had done a little canning last year but not with a baby. It was a lot more difficult! It took me two whole days, I finally finished at 12:30 at night. My kitchen was such a mess, my shoes stuck to the floor and everything was disorganized and sticky. but I finished and it was worth it.

This is me and my helper.




This is the beautiful end product.