After the homecoming parade we headed for the hills. The opening day of the rifle hunt was Sat. We had a blast enjoying the cool weather and great company camping. One of the guys that used to work for Rob and his wife came out and camped with us. Robs parents came out on Sat. and left Mon. morning and Rob's uncle and two of his daughters came out on Sun. It was a great time even if Rob and the guys couldn't find a decent buck. The weather was nice and cool and who can complain about dutch oven food.

My kids love these girls and miss them so much. It was great having them come out for the day

Lincoln Co. Homecoming

Thurs. night we took our camp trailer out to our camping spot (so we would have one) it was the start of the Utah deer hunt and we came back to a fire in Panaca, a huge bon fire. All year long the residents of the county pile their limbs off the trees and their shrubs, and any scrap wood they have and they burn it in their homecoming bon fire. My pic doesn't do it justice but serious the burn pile and the fire was as big as the house we live in.

Last weekend was Lincoln Co. High homecoming so the kids were in the parade. The parade went all of two blocks, but I think we left with more candy than ever. Here is a pic of Stieg marching in the band.

Talon rode on a float and Kia ran behind one. Here is a shot of the kids and their candy

Stieg's 1st Buck

After a few shots Stieg was able to get his first buck. The muzzle loader hunt was 10 days long and the only Friday and Saturday we were in St. George for a wedding and a baptism. So Sunday morning we all loaded in the Rhino and headed out. Just after it got light we spotted this little 4 point. It took Stieg some time to settle down but finally after a couple shots he got the deer down for good. All on his own, Rob and I wish we could say he gutted and cut it up all on his own too, but mom and dad helped. So we added a little more meat to the freezer and are going to find the jerky recipe.

First Blog

O.K. This is so totally new for me, but after we moved Rob and I were checking out some of the old neighborhood blogs and we decided we were going to give it a try. Don't know how well I'm am going to do at keeping it up but here we go.