The Elk, etc!

Matt got his elk today! It was a tough hunt! He only had until next Thursday to find one and he did it today! I knew he would get one and a nice one at that. He's such a good outdoorsman! Anyway go figure, the elk dies at the bottom of a steep canyon. Thankfully there were a few itty bitty trees that stopped him from going any further; which would have made it nearly impossible to get him out. Thanks to the winch on the in laws four wheeler and some man power they managed to hoist the big beast to the top! Blake was able to leave school to come help and then of course Brandon and Roger helped as well. Laurie and I got to watch and wrangle Karissa. Karissa did not like it at all! She actually called it a bug at first! LOL Now the excitement is over and hopefully Roger can get a nice one soon too! Here are some pics from the days adventure and a video or two of them pulling that monster up the canyon!
Lugging it up the hill!

Tired out

The Crew

Matts Prize

Ok time to update...

I haven't been too good at keeping up on this blog! I guess things just got a little crazy. I'll just try to give you a little run down on what's been going on around here without making it too long!
We moved last month, back to our very first home! Our little trailer, it's a bit cramped right now, but it's not a big deal. We just broke ground on a house and we are going to try to move fast on it so we can have a little bit more space! This is the 3rd house we have built in the past 4 years, but the goal is to build and sell them so we can build our "final" house without having to get a mortgage on it! We are getting close to that goal, thanks to my hard working hubby!
Kylie started 1st grade last month! :-( Wow how time flies with the kids! She seems to be doing well so far and really enjoys her teacher. Tyler didn't get to go to pre-school this year because the school had to cut the program due to lack of funds. He has been getting to hang out with daddy and papa a lot which he really enjoys. Our little Karissa is close to turning 2 already which is crazy. I don't know where the time is going. She is talking a lot now, will copy almost any word you say. I just finally decided its time to break her of the bottle. She only gets one at night, but thats stopped! It's been a rough few nights, but I see the end in sight!
Matt has been busy as usual with all sorts of differnt projects from our port a potties, hauling scrap metal and digging the septic system for the new house. He's been going out a lot to scout for his big elk too. He has a hunt starting next Friday that he's really excited for. Poor guy sprained his ankle the other morning, but thankfully it's getting better fast!
As for me, Im 33 weeks pregnant and I can see the end closing in fast! I am anxious for this little girl to come meet us all! We are still deciding on names, so for those asking...nope we don't have anything picked quite yet. I also started school! I decided to pursue a nursing career, so I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but I'm excited about. Matt has been really supportive as has all the family!
Well I guess that's kind of it in a nutshell for now. I will post some recent pics for you all to see a little later on! Nite Nite

A haircut for Roo

Karissa got her first haircut today. Just a teeny tiny trim too keep it from her eyes. She didn't want to sit in the chair by herself so she sat on my lap for the haircut, but afterwards I got to snap a couple pictures of her in the chair. It's kinda sad tho because now she looks so much older to me! So here are the before, during and after pics!



Today was the mark of my 24th week...yay 6 months! Here's a pic for you that keep asking!

Ultrasound

We had the ultrasound today. Everything appeared to be fine and the baby measured right on according to my due date of Oct 20th. At first the little one wasn't wanting to cooperate, keeping feet in between the legs, but then we got a spread eagle shot!

Yup another little girl for us! Tyler and Matt were a little bummed out at first because they obviously wanted another little hunting buddy to tag along, but they are over it! We are all excited to welcome another little girl into our home! We figure it will be nice for Karissa to have a little sister close in age and since Brandon and Amber just had the twin girls they will have a little girl cousin to play with! I plan to have a 3D ultrasound done around 30 weeks or so and get some more fun pictures. This little girl was very active today, moving all over! Waving, flexing, kicking, thumb sucking, rolling, etc! I wish I owned one of those machines to watch my baby whenever I wanted! LOL The tech told us the machine he had was the top of the line and cost over 300K! WOWIE! I guess we need to get into that profession! LOL

The Butter Dish

Earlier today I thought to myself, where is Karissa?! She had been quiet for a little too long. I got up off the couch and went to the kitchen and found her sitting in her little chair with the butter dish in her lap. She managed to get it off the counter and was taking gobs of butter and slathering it in her hair. It looked like she was using it as lotion or gel or something. My mom-in-law says she thinks that Karissa was using it as conditioner because she saw Kylie putting conditioner in her hair this morning and that sure would make sense. Anyway, we found it pretty darn funny and I think Karissa did too! Here are some pics!

Nothing Special

I don't really have much to blog about. Matt is gone to Missouri for a business trip until late tonight. He had to get out of bed last night at the hotel becasue of a tornado warning and head to the stairwell! Pretty crazy, but the tornado didn't come through thankfully!
Kylie just got back late last night from a little mini trip to Las Vegas! Her grammie and papa drove out to visit Jared while he was there for a short time for some interviews. They invited both kids, but Tyler decided to stay behind and I took him and Karissa to the valley Monday night to go swimming. So far I guess the summer has started out pretty good for our family.
Oh we are moving once again tho! Yup....gonna move back into our very first home, our mobile home! We decided it just doesn't make sense to be paying the money for rent when we could technically live somewhere for free. So this will be I think the 5th or 6th move in the last year! WOW! I feel like a professional mover lol!
I had my 20 week check up today. Everything was fine, I measure right on, baby's heartbeat was around 148bpm and was moving quite a bit while we were trying to listen. We scheduled my ultrasound for Friday the 13th so hopefully by then we'll know what we are having. In the mean time why don't you go play this little game for us!

Oh and finally here is a pic of me today half way thru!

Kindergarten Graduation

Kylie's teacher put on a little graduation ceremony for her class last week. It was pretty short and simple and to the point. I must admit thats always nice when you are trying to watch a couple other kids in a small area! They sang us a couple songs and received their diplomas which ended it all. Kylie is moving onto the 1st grade and is very excited about it. She seems to be doing well with school especially the socializing aspect of it...i'm assuming she got that from me! Here are a few pictures from her graduation. Next week she has her final dance recital so be watching for a new post about that soon!