The Mighty Hunter

WOW!! We had a very new and exciting experience this weekend. I shot an elk!! I have never shot anything but a piece of paper before... and was not sure I could do it. I was afraid I would miss or only injure the elk and then have a real mess of tracking it down. My dad made it pretty easy for me. He had the herd all scouted out and he knew exactly where to go. As the boys here at the dealership like to point out, it was not much of a "hunt" but I did "shoot" really well. I hit it right where I was aiming and I am pretty proud of myself. I know the boys are just jealous, most of them have never shot and elk.

McKayla had a great time too. She was watching from a distance with Jeff and Grandma Donna. They said it was pretty cool to watch. They were far enough away they saw the elk fall before they heard the shot. McKayla was right in there when it was being gutted (yes, my Dad did most of that part too he is an excellent guide). She was touching all the organs and asking a million questions. She is excited about being able to shoot an elk when she gets older. She was right in there when we got it back to the ranch and skinned it and got it ready to go to the butcher. She helped as much as she could.

We just hung out on Sunday at the ranch. It was a beautiful day!! It was very fun to be outside all day just walking around seeing the horses, cows and all typed of wildlife. McKayla did not sit on the couch, watch TV, play video game or anything that is "normal" all weekend long. She told me she thinks it would be fun to live on a ranch. I told her it would be until we had to work. She is looking forward to going back again too. Jeff is also looking to going back very soon. He loves being outdoors and we all had a great time.

I was bummed to hear I missed a pretty good Griz game, but I am glad to hear they won. I wasn't sure they could do it with out me... ha ha.

Giving Blogging a Try

I am looking forward to keeping in touch with all my friends and family members better this way. I have been saying for years I wanted to keep in touch better and this looks like a great way to do just that! Thanks Kelley and Tayna for inspiring me.

McKayla is loving 3rd grade so far. She is an incredible little girl who trys hard to do the right thing all the time. She is doing gymnastics and loving it. I am trying to talk her into doing soccer, but she is not that interested. She tells me she is busy enough with gymnastics... I guess I can't argue with logic.

I am super busy doing... I have no idea. I feel like I am on the run all day, but I still have a huge list of things to do at the end of the day. I am cooking up a plan to get back into the Social Work world. I am confident if I keep working at it, it will work out one way or another. I am working on a project to get that done currently, so say a prayer it will work out.

I have been dating an incredible guy for the last couple of months. He is a very sweet man. I really like spending time with him and McKayla likes him too. The first time she met him she told me "Mom, you can go on a date with Jeff if you want. I like him." That is always a good sign. He likes to play with her and be silly, she loves that.

Last weekend was the first Griz home game of the year. We had a blast. There is nothing like being in the stadium with all those people in maroon and silver. It was Jeff's first Griz football game. He liked it and he is looking forward to going to more games. He does think I am a little bit of a "fanatical" fan. (I think that was the word he used).

Sunday, Jeff took McKayla and I flying. It was very fun. We went over the Mission Mountains. It is sooo beautiful. It is hard to put into words how pretty it is. McKayla was in the back saying "this is awesome!" and it was!!