Jacob's buck on the first day of rifle season!

I heard the shots. On his very first time out with his new deer rifle, Jacob shot a 5 point buck. We took the it to a professional deer processor, so we can get good use of the meat.

Big Buck

A man has a hunting lease on Papa's place, and he got a 14 point whopper this morning. He estimated it to be about 275#. He's been hunting for years and never seen one this big!

Bass Pro Boys and Bonnet Girl

The boys, Hannah, and Mom went to Bass Pro yesterday.

There were a lot of fun things for them to do. Their favorite was rifle shooting!

Hannah appears to be quite impressed with her new bonnet.

Hannah's latest pics

Hannah definitely loves mornings!

She is all smiles as soon as she wakes up.

Amber caught this little sweetie smiling one recent evening, so maybe she's just a happy girl at any hour of the day!

Polar Bears Swim

Samuel chases a polar bear!

Memphis Zoo 2009!

I think the most impressive part of the zoo is the new bear exhibit, Teton Trek. Everyone ought to go see this!

These two pictures show us at the top of a tall water fall overlooking the bears' range.
This large elk statue was outside of the huge log cabin which is part of Teton Trek.
Since Samuel likes pigs so much, I had to take this picture of him in the farm exhibit.

The polar bears are great to watch, too! They were having a great time swimming back and forth, pushing off the glass.

Josiah joined everyone climbing on a large rock.

Here is Jacob with two of his friends.

Rebecca posed for me in a rock cave.

Isaac is freshly hatched.

We got our annual cow picture, but there were three children missing this time.
(Josiah wanted to be missing from this picture!)

Bonfire

We had a nice get together at our place this past Saturday night. There was a bonfire, hayride, lots of good food and visiting.

Here is the S'mores crew hard at work.

Here is the bonfire cleanup man. He had no idea he had soot all over his face.

But, he did know about the dirty hands!

Rebecca's Gift

Last week, Rebecca decided to make a gift for Papa, and this is what she made all by herself.

It's a Welcome sign for his flower bed made from old lumber and some large nails!

She is a very creative girl, always coming up with great ideas and making interesting things.

She reminds me a lot of Jessica!

3 months old and getting sweeter every day!

Here she is wearing the sweet little cap Aunt Joanne sent her.

What a prissy little hat!

This past Sunday, she discovered something new...her yummy thumb!