Pheasant hunting

Pheasant hunting in Eastern Washington has been a tradition in Jeremy’s family for 4 generations, as of now. The men decided it was time to introduce Andre to the hunt and took him and a friend on a hunting weekend. It was 26° out (only 15° at night!) but the boys hardly noticed. They spent a couple weekends hiking through brush and fields, watching the dogs hunt, and staying prepared for whatever pheasant or quail might take flight.

Andre was less discriminating. 20 songbirds met their fate to Andre and his .410 shotgun. Regardless of the success of the guys, he thought the hunting was great!

 

Here'a a photo of a couple of the pheasant that the guys were hunting
These were shot by the guy who invited the boys over and Jeremy and Andre brought them home and cleaned them up. Yum!

 

Kids in Seattle

Jeremy and our friend Rob took Andre and Ariana on a tour of Seattle at night. They visited the underground terminal, checked out the skyline and took a canoe around the lake, in the dark. It was chilly but beautiful and the kids had a great time.

2011 Halloween

Here are the photos from this year’s Halloween. We made fun decorations, attended the ward Trunk-or-Treat activity, hit Fright Night at Wild Waves, and took the kids trick-or-treating around a nearby community. As always, they had a great time and brought home loads of candy.  

Yellowstone Summer 2011: Part 1

Well, time got away from us and we realized we never posted about our summer trip to Yellowstone. Simply put, it was fantastic. We loaded up the car and headed for the two day trip to our lodge. We let the kids watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy to pass the time. We stayed in a little place right outside the park and headed in each day to explore a different section of Yellowstone. The park is amazingly huge and it truly takes several days to enjoy it all. Here are some pictures and highlights of the trip:

 Hey! Respect the National Park...What's wrong with you?! Oh, its Omi... never mind.

This was a sad chapter in our trip. Our poor Isy got strep throat. It hurt and she was running a high temperature. We had to take a trip to the Yellowstone medical clinic and pay way-too-much for some antibiotics. But at least she got better.

 We found a cool local swimming hole where the hot springs pour into the river. the springs are scalding hot and the river is ice-cold. This little pool is where they mix together so you can choose your temperature based on how close you get to the hot-spring run-off. This was one of the kids favorite activities during this trip.

Yellowstone Summer 2011: Part 2

Now that we got the cheesy family pics out of the way, take a look at how beautiful this park is: