Halloween Treats

I will be the first to admit that when it comes to Halloween, my husband and I are on opposite sides. I hate (no LOATHE) Halloween. Tyler LOVES Halloween. So, as a compromise, he is going to help the kids pick out costumes and I am arranging for a treat making night for Halloween family night since I love to cook and be in the kitchen. So, this Saturday we are making Halloween Butterfinger Eyes and Halloween Tombstone Treats. I must admit I am really looking forward to spending some time with Tyler and the kids and doing something fun.

Then, unfortunately, we have to do the trick-or-treating thing. Luckily, Gillette has a Treat Street where you can trick or treat in a popular hotel if you bring a donation of canned goods. Local businesses set up with treats in hotel rooms and you can just go from door to door. It was a lot of fun last year.  We will also be going to the "Hay Maze" on Saturday over by the Rec Center.

Yesterday Jackson and Layla were under the kitchen table giggling and when I went to see what was going on I found the two of them sharing a yogurt.  Jackson had sneakily taken the yogurt from the fridge.

Jackson was saying "mmmm....good" to Layla and feeding her the yogurt. :)

My poor husband. He was working in a grease pit all day and was the only one who could fit through the tiny entrance hole to get into the hole. All of this grease soaked THROUGH 3 white chemical suits and duck tape holding the suit into place.  Here are a couple pics. :(

We recently went and picked up some pictures of the kids in Casper and had a pit stop while we waited for the store to open. Layla LOVED the playground and had such a fun time crawling around.

YAY to having a computer again!

Well, we're up and running again! Yes! Yes! Yes!

I am very proud to say that this year was the first year that I went hunting and shot a wild game animal. Tyler was so wonderful to be so patient with me and teach me the things that I needed to know to be safe and still have fun and properly shoot and harvest my first antelope.  I had such an amazing time. Except, now Tyler says he doesn't want to go hunting wiht me because I'm such a great shot that he would be embarressed to shoot something along side me, lol. I shot at my antelope from about 375-400 yards and unforunately shot him in the leg....or what would be the ankle portion on a human.  He ran around a little, so we ran around a different path to get a better angle on him ( he was walking away from me at an angle when I shot at him). We got within 100 yards of him and I aimed behind his left shoulder and pulled the trigger. He dropped instantly and when we got over to him Tyler looked at my shot and I entered into his chest cavity from behind the left shoulder and the bullet went straight through his lungs and heart. He says this is the most perfect kill shot he has seen in a long time. :) Thanks baby!

This is my first antelope. He had 14" horns (antlers or paddles lol) His paddles were 4.5" wide. I don't know much about antelope but Tyler says this one is pretty good, but I don't know what "good" means in this case. LOL.

When Tyler took us hunting for his antelope (we wanted lots of jerky this year) we had the best time! Jackson was particularly interested in what we were doing and as soon as we got him and Tyler was cutting up his buck, Jackson kept saying "Daddy. Shoot. Lanalope" LOL. The rest of the week he wanted to do nothing but watch hunting shows on TV with Daddy.  He would see animals on the shows and Tyler would tell him what kind of animal it was (elk, boar, moose, etc) and Jackson instantly remembered what it was. The next time he saw it on TV he would repeat it's name and say "daddy. shoot."  He is so cute! Oh, and if the hunter on the TV missed while shooting, Jackson would say "oh crap" He's such a peach.  Oh! We have been working on his ABC's and he is going SOOO good....he knows "A, B, G, H, I, J, M, N, O, S, T, U and Y" It's strange how he has remembered some of them so well, and choses not to remember the others. Whenever "S" comes he says "S, Snake, ssssssssssss" and when "U" comes he says "U, Up" and puts his arm way up high in the air.

Layla is getting her first tooth in and it's been a rough few days for her...and me.  I haven't ever had a baby get teeth this early (sooner than 12 months) and I haven't had a baby that the teething process bothered before. It was usually just one day a tooth would come in.  So, we are nursing poor Layla through it one day at a time.  She has also started to crawl around like crazy so I have been baby proofing all my cupboards and floors.

Carter and Savannah are doing very well in school and seem to be enjoying it very much.  They come home each day excited to have the day over, but are learning very much as well.  Carter can write his name and is working on other letters and sounds as well. The fighting between the two of them seems to be happening less and less now as well. (THANK GOODNESS!)

We went and had some pictures done at Sears and are really excited to get those back.  It was probably very entertaining to watch me wrangle the kids around Casper all day. Me vs. 4 others means I'm always outnumbered, lol.

More to come soon! It's nice to be back!