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!!

DAVE & GOLIATH (or Guinnea fowl, that is)

Dave is the only one that had a "confirmed" kill with his home made flipper. This is the guinnea fowl that Dave shot . One blow to the head with a rock did this guy in and put food in our bellies! Haha!

That night all the guys wanted to try their aim with the flippers. So they all lined up on the deck and tried to shoot the bats flying around, each with their own flipper. The bats sonar was freaking amazing to watch. They could zig and zag on a dime. The only way that you would actually "hit" a bat, was if the bat was flying away from you because their sonar was disengaged. Leave it up to Layne and the great games he comes up with out of the blue. He sure knows how to make things fun.

BowHuntinG MemorieS

My Kudu

Layne's Sable

Nate's Waterbuck

Dave's Warthog

Well with bowhunting season in full effect, I thought that I would give a shout out to our success this year. We did quite well in Africa. I was really hesitant on taking my bow. But as you can see, I am sure glad that I did. Four out of the six of us that took our bows were able to capitalize on the opportunity. Out of the bow kills, I would have to say that Dave's warthog is my favorite. Spending the time with Dave and Nate in the blind was fun. But not as fun as watching Dave draw his bow and let down about 30 times. This dang pig wouldn't stand clear long enough from some piglets to get a shot. When it finally did, it was a great sight to see him running away with an arrow stuck in his side. It took us quite a while to find him, but once we found the lucky feather, everything else was history! I just wanted to say thanks again, "Dad" for coming with us. It was a blast!!

ForE GolF!!

Green in St. George. You have to hit it over the canyon. Very pretty.


N8


Ryan


Perfect form, I must say.

Ry-Dog

Nate

T-Bone

Well, hunting season is coming around, which means that golf season is coming to an end. This season started out rough. First it was the crappy weather and then my golfing buddy, Buzz, moved away. Buzz, if you are reading this, I miss ya!

Anyways, we usually start off the season with a yearly trip to St. George with Ryan, Heidi, Shannon and Tyson. Here are some pictures from our trip. Its always interesting hitting those first balls of the season. Which means for me, its.... throwing out those cuss words that you thought had been deleted from your vocabulary. It seems like every year, that one part of your game gets better, as another part gets worse. For me it was my driving had improved along with my irons, but my chipping is horrendous. I hope next year is the year that it all comes together.

CrookeD HorN

40 Yards with a Bow


Nate's Antelope




Well, as you can see the hunting season has officially started. Which means that we are going to be gone pretty much every weekend from here on out. Well, at least Nathan is...... which means I need a fill in husband. Anyone? J/K

Here is the antelope that Nathan got with his bow on Monday. He has been trying to get this buck for about 2 weeks now. He has been sitting on the same water hole and this buck wouldn't come in any closer than 100 yards. His does would come and drink but this stubborn dude kept his distance. Probably because he knew what was awaiting him. Well as you know, every Labor Day weekend, it rains. So of course they wouldn't be coming in to the water hole. Nate came home on Sunday and grabbed his decoy and went back out that night to take one last stab at it. So Monday came and was rainy almost all day long. The weather cleared finally around 4:00 and he seen this buck and his does out in the distance. So he grabbed his decoy and called the buck in. Once the buck seen his decoy and heard the challenge call, he was on a dead sprint. He stopped at 40 yards and was "STUCK"! We're pretty sure he will go Pope and Young. Good job babe!