BIG BULL DOWN!!

Ok, Ok, it's not that big as far as the antlers go, but we have a lot of meat coming our way. Jared shot this bull elk on his hunt on saturday. Jared went with his brother, Justin, and his dad who also had tags and his brother, Ryan, and Reggie(a friend) to hunt elk. Long story short- they didn't see a lot of elk but on saturday morning Jared spotted this elk across the canyon and shot him. It was a 575 yard shot. He shot it at 8:15 in the morning and they didn't get back to camp until 4:00 pm. Jared was very thankful that Reggie came with his horses to help pack the meat out. Here are some pics:

Family fun!

Finally I am posting something! I haven't been very good about taking pics lately but last night Jared busted out the camera. Jared read a story from the ensign for FHE. It was about having the true spirit of Christmas. It was so good and I of course was fighting back the tears until finally I couldn't stop them from falling. All of the sudden Jared starts laughing. I said why are you laughing. He said he was trying not to cry and I wasn't helping by starting to cry. Anyways, Tanner liked the story and we talked about the gift of giving. even if we don't give presents we can give service and friendship to anyone. After our lesson, we got to decorate the tree. We didn't have a tree and didn't think we would have one this year. Jared's parents gave us their old one, which is awesome, and we are so thankful for their love. They are a great example to us, and we see the spirit of Christmas in their home each time we visit.

Jared is such a good daddy, I know I say it alot but look how cute he is with our smiley,chubby baby!
Tanner makes the funniest faces sometimes, he had so much fun hanging "his" ornaments.

Tada! I guess I should have posted the other pics before this one. Oh well!

Parker was such a good boy too! He sat and watched us the whole time. He is getting so talkative and smiley. Sometimes we even get a little giggle out of him. Sooo Cute. X-)

Hope your season is filled with the Christmas spirit!