deer hunt

So I'm back from the deer hunt and.....


On the first day it was very tiring because I wan't used to hiking,wakeing up at 6:00 (in the morning),and being so cold. There was Mem(my cousin),my uncle Bret,and my grandpa Jenkins. On the second day we got ready for my dad to come. We also found 5 doe deer and at least a dozen ELK per day while we were there. On the thrid day my dad was where we where at, and in the morning me and mem always go to our bathroom rock so we went for 4 hours on the mountain to deer hunt and came back ,and we ate and shot cans with guns. Surprisingly we went to bed at 8:40. On the fourth day the day we left Mem actually shot at one so Bret went down to find it and she didn't shot it :( my uncle Cody was there to and he shot at three deer five times total and we packed up and head out so that's my story and I'll write more about my soccer game and a Halloween party so write some comments 8-)

Shelby's first blog post

Hi I'm Shelby Chantels daughter you`ve probably heard about me in my moms past blogs. So I'm getting ready for the deer hunt and I'm packing my : DS, Connect four and a set of five other games. You know who I am and whats going on in my life so yeah. Yesterday I went to CornBelly's and I wanted to do 3 other things that we didn't do but now I'm cool. Here are the three things 1.laser tag ($1.00) 2. gem mining ($5.00) 3.break open a GEO ($4.00) so I'm fine with it.



I'm going with my Grandpa, My Uncle Bret (the cool Uncle:)and my favorite cousin MEM. Me and mem are best buddies we've almost always gone on the deer hunt together.





Well I've got to go my mom is waiting for me.
I'll talk soon on how it was.

Dr Appointment

Just a quick update on my last doctor's appointment, on 10/16. Everything was normal, other than I am measuring at 37 weeks, when I"m only 32 weeks along. He asked me if I feel like this baby is bigger than the others. I told him that it has been 6 years since I was pregnant with Gretchen and I frankly can't remember. But, it is interesting that I measure so much bigger. I wonder if that means she'll be here earlier or that I'll have one huge honkin' baby when she does come out.

I also asked him about c-sections, because i still don't think she has turned the right way yet. He said he won't worry about it until 36 weeks, so I'll find out more in mid-Nov. My next appt is on 10/30.

Cornbellys

I decided to take a few days off this week. Well, actually, I found out that I need to use all my vacation time before I go on maternity leave. I have 7 days to use, so I took Thursday and Friday off this week. The kids were out of school for UEA, so it was a perfect time to spend with them.

After my Dr appointment, we went to Thanksgiving Point's corn maze, called Cornbellys. It is more than just a corn maze so we were able to spend a couple hours there. They had a big bouncy pillow that like 50 kids could jump on at once, they had pedal go-karts, a haystack with slides, duck races using old fashioned water pumps, hay rides, gem mining, laser tag, paintball and face painting. I didn't take my camera, but I snapped a few photos of the girls as soon as we got home. Pretty cool, huh? We also spent some time trying to find our way around the David Archuleta corn maze. It was a lot easier in the day time, but we still got lost a few times. They had a scary inflatable monster haunted house that Shelby thought was fun. Gretchen, however, did not. We had to use one of the emergency exits about 3/4 of the way through. It was a fun day. Glad we could spend some time together and enjoy the great fall weather too!

Gretchen's Hello Kitty Party

Gretchen had a Hello Kitty friend birthday party on 9/13. Yes, I'm behind in posting pictures, I know, but here they are.

When the kids got there, we painted their faces to have a yellow nose and whiskers and put a headband with kitty ears and a bow on it. We took everyone's pictures as well. Then they colored Hello Kitty pictures until all the other kids arrived and were painted. No boys were invited to this party because Gretchen didn't think they would like Hello Kitty.

The first game we played was pass the ball of yarn, because we all know how much kitties like yarn. It took the girls one practice round to get it, but after that they had a blast. We played it twice and gave out 2 prizes.

After the yarn, we played pin the bow on Hello Kitty. Yes, I made the poster, but luckily Hello Kitty is a very simple cartoon character, so it didn't have to be that elaborate.

We moved on to the back yard and hit a pinata that was hanging off the railing of the porch. Aaron and Shelby had fun holding the pinata and moving it around to make it harder to hit. Aaron also spent time spraying and killing a boat load of hornets or wasps. The girls weren't able to break open the pinata so we tossed it up to Aaron and he broke it open and dumped the candy all over the grass, and Gretchen's head. The girls gathered it up and put it in their thank-you bags.

We went inside after that and opened presents and ate cake and ice cream. There was still a little time left, so we had the girls play Hullabaloo, which is a game where they follow the directions to jump, walk, wiggle or whatever to various shapes that you place on the floor.

It was a great party and Gretchen had a blast. That's what counts, right?

Another birthday celebration

I am finally getting around to posting the pictures from the birthday party we had at my house for Dad, Aaron and Gretchen. As always, it was fun to have everyone over. We had left over cake from my many other parties, and then I made banana cream pies for Aaron and Dad.

Aaron got a new Blue Ray disk (Terminator 2) from Jami and Leslie. We've watched it 2 times already since then. Gretchen got a new "laptop" from Jami and Leslie and a cabbage patch mini from Grandpa and Grandma. She loved them both and has spent hours playing with them.

All the kids got together and gave Dad a digital photo frame with a USB drive full of family pictures. Dad had been looking for one of those for a while and had decided he couldn't afford to buy one, so I'm glad we decided to get him one. There is plenty of space on the USB drive for more pictures, so it will be fun to add to it over the years.

I'll include a few more photos from the night as well. I will try to get these pictures over to Dad's house as well, so we can add them to the USB drive.

Family updates

It's been a while since I posted any updates, so I thought I'd do a quick general one. I have some pictures that I'll probably post tomorrow.

Aaron - he's been working a lot of hours (one night was until 2:30 am), so I haven't seen much of him lately. He did get a chance to go duck hunting over the weekend with Shelby and his dad. It was cold and rainy, but he said they had a great time. I think they brought home 10 ducks. His dad kept them all. Aaron and I went to Wendover for our anniversary this past week. We spent the night and really enjoyed having time to ourselves. We didnt' lose our shirts either, so it was a good trip.

Me - my appointment was routine (thanks for asking Kristen!). I am still measuring bigger than my due date, but the doctor wasn't concerned. I confirmed that I don't have gestational diabetes. In fact, the doctor told me my blood sugar levels were better than his. The baby is very active these past few days and I think she's switched positions in my belly quite a few times. Sometimes I think she's still breech, but other times she kicks things that are on my stomach, like my book or the remote. Next appointment is on the 16th.

Shelby - had her parent teacher conference on Thursday. Her teacher loves her, just like all the others. She is doing really well in all her classes. She has 2 more soccer games to play before the season is put on hold until the spring. She also went duck hunting with Aaron on Saturday, but didn't like the smell of the swamp.

Gretchen - still loves school. Her PTC is on Thursday this week. She is reading little books that they send home from school every day. It's so fun to watch her learn and grow. Gretch has 1 more soccer game left. She played on Saturday at 8 am in the rain. It was a shorter game, but she was a trooper and played really well. The coach is trying to talk us into doing an indoor league, but she wants to do gymnastics instead.

One last update - the girls and I went to the dentist last week. No cavities for any of us! Yeah for good teeth!