Hunting, Hunting and more Hunting!!!!

So our October consisted mostly of hunting!! Our family has always been big fans of hunting and we really enjoy being out in the mountains. Chad started doing security for Deseret Land and Livestock. It keeps him pretty busy, but he seems to enjoy it. The kids and I got to ride around with him one weekend. The kids had a great time hiking, playing in the little streams and having a fun family picnic.

Chad also has been lucky enough to guide a few hunters. I think if he had his way, he would do this for a full time job. To bad it isn't a year long thing!! He got some really good guys this year and loved every minute he has with them. All of the ones that he guided ended up getting their animal.

Aren't they an amazing animal?!?!

He also bought an Elk tag this year so that he could take the boys on a hunt. They had a great time going with their dad and thought that they were just as big as he was. A couple of times they had to walk for a ways and not one complaint was said by either Tyus or Peyton. They were troopers. While hunting they saw and even shot at an elk, but unfortunately the shot
was just to far and it missed the elk. The hunt ended up being unsuccessful but the best part of the whole thing was the time the boys got to spend with their dad.

The Mighty Hunters

Peyton posing with Dad's gun and his camo bag.
(He got the bag for his birthday in May and he keeps telling us that he is going to put meat in it. So when he got to go hunting he had to get his bag just in case they got an elk then he could put the meat in it to carry it off the hill.)


We went camping with Van, Jaime and their kids during the hunt. As you can see in the pictures, we got snowed on. Thank goodness for trailers!!! We had a great time and actually stayed really warm.

I was busy myself with a different group of hunters. For the last 3 years, Susie, my sister in-law, and I have cooked for hunters that come the month of October. They are from California and very, very nice men. I enjoy doing it so much!!! It keeps us busy, but they are the nicest people and they are just so happy with everything we fix for them. My kids enjoy when they get to have their mom back because it takes a lot of my time at nights away from them. They are great and really help me in any way that they can.

So as you can see the words HUNTING and HUNTERS has been in our vocabulary a lot this past month.