MORE PHOTOS

Well here are some more photos. My other family, the Furniss's, called me up and wanted me to take their family pictures. I was pretty hesitant at first because I believe they deserve better than what I can give them. Not to disappoint anyone, believe it or not, I am not the best at EVERYTHING! haha. :0) Well here are some of the results. I learn something new everytime I do a shoot. I hope that I continue to get better as I go. Please let me know what you think. Thanks. By the way, this is the most generous, loving family anyone could ask for. I love them all!

FINALLY BUCK DOWN!!

Okay, so I finally got my buck. It has been a hard year. I would be typing for a couple of hours if I wrote everything that was wrong with our luck this year. Lets just say that there were trucks and trailers being burnt down to the ground, almost going fist to cuffs on the mountain with two morons, cops called, 3 inches of water in our tent (yes, while we were sleeping in there), etc., etc., etc. The list goes on and on.

Back to the story, this is my "Back Up Buck". Time was winding down and Nathan still hadn't gone out for himself, so I shot this dude on Monday night (the 27th). That way Nate could take the rest of the week to try and murder a buck for himself. Nate called me Monday morning and said that he found a decent buck and he put him to bed. So I took off work at noon and headed up to meet him. We started our hike at 2:30 and pretty much reached to where we wanted to be by 4pm. So we sat there and waited until the buck decided to come out of the trees and eat. It was around 5:45 or so. He just pretty much stood there eating at 400 yards, but he wouldn't turn broadside. He was standing and facing us the whole time. Well, of course, the bad luck fairy decided to throw something in the mix, heaven forbid she gives us a day off, and low and behold two hunters, otherwise known as The Nevada Boys, started to come up through the draw. All of the sudden Nathan's tone in his voice went from a nice, sweet (yes he can be at times), "You have all the time in the world, just wait for him to turn..." to "Danica, take him now. Get on him and drop him, NOW!" By this time the one Nevada boy was standing at a fence post and was just shouldering his gun to shoot. The Nevada boy was only 200 yards from the buck. So I knew that it was game time. So when the buck lifted up his head and turned to look at the other hunter, I shot. I snuck the bullet right in under his chin and nailed him square in the chest. He jumped and went only about 30yards and was down for the count.

I mean it was a tough shot, not only being 400 yards, but when they are facing you like that, you have a target no bigger than a milk jug. What was cool was that Nathan got it all on film, you can see the vapor trail of the bullet, and you can see the bitshag in the background just standing there looking at us walk up to the buck. So the boys came up to talk to us, and they are like, "So, did you decide to take the buck when I put my scope on it? Because I was just about ready to shoot, when I seen the buck jump and then I heard a huge BOOM!" I was like, "No! We didn't even see you standing there until after we shot the buck." YEAH RIGHT. We had you goombahs pegged from the moment you popped your head out of the draw. It felt nice doing something to someone, that I had done to me ALL YEAR. :0) Vindictive, I know.

• Scouting - Over 200 hours
• Time away from family and friends - 150 hours
• Gas Money for the hunt - $600.00
• Nights spent on top of the mountain - 9
• Shooting a buck out from under a out of stater and getting it on film.....

PRICELESS

Now this beauty is Tessa's buck that she shot. She has worked her butt off as well for this monster. She is 5 months pregnant, hiking in the mountains, all over hell and back for this buck. He scores 192", including the non typical points, and is quite the trophy. Not only is this a sweet buck, but what makes it even sweeter, is that this buck was being chased by a couple of people, including Nathan,Rance and Kent, during the archery season, as well as, you guessed it, the Nevada Boys. Yeah, you got that right. We shot down the Nevada boys' dreams TWICE!! GO HOME OUT OF STATERS!! Way to go Tessa. I am proud of ya.

FAMILY PICTURES

Well, for those who don't know, I love photography. I have been wanting to get more in depth with it for a long time. People always told me that I take good pictures, so me, taking them seriously... (Idiot) decided that I might try my hand in it. I have done a couple of weddings and some engagement pictures, but for the most part it was just for fun. I bought me another new camera a couple of months ago and I called my sister-in-law and told her to load up the chitlins and that I was going to take their pictures. Here are just a few of the results. Please let me know what you think, good and bad! I would also like to thank Lane for giving me some pointers and for letting me bug him all the time. Thanks for looking...

This is my nephew Jordan, he is a freshman. He didn't smile much for me, but he seems to be pretty photogenic.








I didn't get very many with the whole family because, A. my brother was gone, and B. Jennifer likes to close her eyes! hahaha!!




And of course, here is Sage. She is going to be 8 this December and she loves to pose.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Me striking a pose!

Here are our costumes from work. This is Tessa, Ashley, me, and Kasey. If you don't know who we are, man that really ages us!! :0) Happy Halloween everyone! WHO YA GONNA CALL? GHOSTBUSTERS!

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED!!

Well here goes this is my first time being tagged. The rules are that I tell 7 interesting/weird facts about myself and then pass it on to 7 other people. I am not really good at this sort of stuff, but I will keep it going.

1. I get very annoyed, very easy. We can be at the movie theatre and if I hear someone chewing popcorn loud, or playing with their candy wrappers, it drives me insane. So then, I have to share the nuisance with Nate and he gets bothered with it throughout the rest of the movie as well. So then he is cursing me as well as the high cholesterol naggers behind me. Share the love!! I also just hate loud chewing or just plain loud food. If I am watching a movie or some sports game, and Nathan comes in and is eating cereal or chips, I give him the death look. So then he tells me to get over it. So I literaly have to get up and leave the room otherwise I will get so annoyed that we end up getting in a fight over it. It is ridiculous, I know. But I also can't stand people popping their gum or popping their fingers/toes.

2. I love new socks. The day after Thanksgiving I go to buy socks for the whole year. I buy at least $100 in socks every year and then I hide them in the closet from Nate. So when I need a pick me up, I go into the closet and put on a brand new pair of fresh socks. There is something about the feel of new, not stretched out fabric on your footsies.

3. I am addicted to gum. I am like a kid in a candy store when it comes to bubble gum. I still buy the 6 foot bubbletape and Big League Chew. Even though that junk lasts for about 5 minutes and then the flavor flave is gone, it is still good. In fact, I really like buying Yikes Stripes gum and I go through a whole pack in a day. I will chew like 3 sticks at a time and then move on to the next color.

4. I hate stupid people. I wish I could go around with the flimsy part of a fishing pole and bend it back as far as I can and then "WHACK" the stupid people in the face when they say or do stupid things. There are too many of these idiots out there. They need more chlorine in the gene pool. Like I went to the drive thru the other day and I ordered say like a #1 and a #2. Well she asked me what I wanted to drink. I said, "I'll take a Pepsi and a Mountain Dew." She says, "Well, which combo would you like the Pepsi and which combo would you like the Mountain Dew with?" I looked at Nate and said, "Are you kidding me?" So then I gently asked the zit face, "Well, I don't think that it matters does it? They are both the same size and they are both going in the same car." Nate got mad at me because he said, "Honey, you don't make fun of the people that are MAKING your food!" Lesson learned.

5. I will not eat left overs. I am very, very picky with this one. No, its not because I am a princess. I just hate left overs. I won't eat chips if they have been open for longer than two days. Say someone cooks something and I am late for dinner, I will not eat if it means that it has gotten cold enough, that it has to be warmed up in the microwave. Because, then it is considered left overs. Nathan is totally the opposite. He will eat anything, I mean anything. He ate 12 year old salsa the other day and year old eggs (that one was because he didn't know they were a year old, and yeah, he had the shats like no other.... my fault... lack of information.)hahaha. Anyways, I won't even eat warmed up pizza.

6. I am deathly afraid of spiders. I can go out and in the wilderness and go hunting, take a bite out of a raw liver, play with reptiles....etc.... but a dang spider. HELL NO!! Along with butterflies and moths. I am sorry but they are SATAN!!

7. My bed HAS to be made before I get into it to go to sleep. Nate hates it too. Because usually he jumps into bed before I can get in there to make it. So I am pulling on blankets and tucking in sides and he is growling at me for it. But its just something about having a sheet that is all nice and tight and tucked in. For some reason I don't have time to make it in the morning, so I wait until right before I jump in. I guess it has to do with my dad always teaching us to make our beds when we were younger and making sure that he could bounce a quarter on it. I got used to the way that it feels sleeping in a nice made bed. Any sort of sheets or blankets that are bunched up or off more to a side than the other, bugs the crap out of me.

I am sure that you are all thinking that I need more in my life to get pissed off about, but I have lots more.... good thing its just 7 items. Anyways, I tag Kara, Gordo, Shannon, Melanie, Laura, Mandi and Mary. Have fun kids!!

ANOTHER NEW NIECE.... PRESLIE LANE

Here is another new addition. She was born on October 8th and weighed 6lbs 14oz. Her name is Preslie Lane. She is so adorable. I am pretty lucky to have some cute nieces and nephews. Congratulations T-Bone and Shan. You did good!

And... we are going to have ANOTHER niece in November.... Crazy!



Harley holding Preslie

GoRdO PoPpeD!! WeLcOMe ELLi!!

Here is my new niece, Ellianna. She was born on Thursday, October 2nd. She is quite the cutie. Way to go sis!! Can't wait to give her a big smoochero!! LOVE YOU BOTH! There is another picture that was taken at the hospital that is pretty dang cute as well, if you want to look at it you can click this link: http://www.deaconessmc.org/bf_main.aspx?URLid=9856035448

I will probably be posting another new niece either today or tomorrow. Shannon and Tyson are headed in this morning to go have their babe, Pressley. Good luck Shan. You'll do great!!