A Big Load of Bull

Archery season was a bust for me.  I didn’t even get to draw my bow back one time, which is okay – even if it is a bit disappointing.  I saw very few deer, and only 4 elk total.  Aaron, on the other hand, had a much better season.  He wasn’t able to fill his [...]

Mountain Happenings

Hunting season is almost over, and we have really enjoyed our time in the mountains.  We have only had the girls with us two of the weekends.  Last weekend, we went on a VERY long drive (5 hours), and ended up in Greenhorn – Oregon’s Smallest and Highest Incorporated City.  Way cool!
 
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The Foot Saga Comes to an End

So finally, after nearly five months of pain and treatment not working, Aaron finally had surgery to correct the problem with his foot.  The doctor went in through the bottom of his foot and removed the piece of bone that lost its blood supply and died.  He had surgery Monday, December 29th, and he will still not [...]

Lucky Weiner-Fish Hunt Club

While the rest of our hunting group, for as I call us the “Lucky Weiner-Fish Hunt Club”, was off hunting all week, Jason and I had to come home and work all week.  I caught a ride to camp with him Friday afternoon.  I rode the bus from IHS to Heppner with the Junior High [...]

Whodda Thunk . . .

Aaron has been complaining about having a sore foot for about two months.  He thought it was maybe from walking on all the sand at our property, standing on ladders for extended amounts of time, or that maybe he had just dropped something on it.  At any rate, it hurt – and it hurt bad.  [...]

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend for us means camping, hiking, swimming, nature, drives, and hunting.  It always falls during Archery Season, and this year happened to be opening weekend.  We headed to the mountains Friday and spent the whole weekend enjoying each other and nature.
Saturday the girls had a blast in the creek swimming and playing in [...]

Road Trip

Sunday we decided to take our camp trailer to the mountains so its up there and ready for archery season.  Aaron and I loaded up the three girlies, and we headed off for a drive and a picnic.  Once we got there, we had our picnic, and the girls had a blast playing in the [...]

Our Week in Review

Our Spring Break was so laid back, relaxed, and UNPLANNED. The entire week, we only had two things planned – Harley & Katelyn had their Range Day test for Hunter’s Safety, and we went to my parents’ house in Cove for Easter. It was so fun to just “be”.
Saturday morning Aaron, Harley, and Katelyn headed [...]

Fire!

Today, on the way home from hunting, the girls and I stopped and watched the Fire Bomber out of La Grande work it’s magic on one of at least 12 new fires near Ukiah sparked by a HUGE lightning storm last night. The girlies loved watching the bomber dumping the retardent, I think, especially since [...]