Monday, October 31, 2011

A Successful Hunt

This weekend Derek took Braylen out to hunt turkeys. I like to tell him he has the strangest hobby. Getting up early and going out into the cold--for fun? I choose to sleep in and stay warm. :) That being said, I really am happy they enjoy doing this together. Next time it will be Kaleb's turn.

As so often happens during a hunt, there's no activity for hours. Suddenly a flurry of activity results in 6 turkeys! Braylen even got one this time--hooray! 2 for Derek, 2 for Grandpa, 1 for Braylen, and 1 for Uncle Brandon. Success. :)

Bundled-up Braylen

Derek's on the move...

Braylen propped his camera on the tailgate and set this picture up himself.

Braylen displays his turkey's fan

Derek's turkeys

Back at home, I made sure to get all the turkeys in the picture--especially the big ones in the back row. hee hee!
Now we have lots of turkey meat in the freezer, with plans to smoke it with some friends soon. They even agreed to smoke it for us--all we have to do is show up! :) We saved the biggest turkey to cook with some other friends--either in their fryer or prepared in a (new) metal trash can. The longer I live here, the more "country" I feel...

More highlights from last week...
Strep throat already? Yep, so Aaron stayed home from school on Friday and we made cookies.

Kaleb and Aaron watched football while the hunters were hunting.
I love how Aaron's jersey number is half of Kaleb's. :)

The famous mowing trailer. I like to say they're not mowing grass anymore. They're mowing leaves!
This morning on our way to school, Aaron spotted a front porch decorated for Halloween. He said, "Look at the snowman and the squirrel!" I looked and saw two huge inflated figures on a porch: a ghost and a bat. We laughed the whole way to school at Aaron's "snowman and squirrel."  :)

Happy Halloween!!!

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