This was on Ryan's birthday. He shot his limit of birds, again!

Emily and I went out to see what they got.
Good job Ryan and Abbie!

Some may not see the humor in this, but we thought it was funny!
When we lived in the next town over, the kids were "Grizzlies" at that school. Now that we've moved to Lovell, the kids are "Bulldogs" at this school.
Emily and the boys had fun wrapping up things they had and gave them as presents to each other. This is the one Emily gave her dad, who is a "Bulldog" through and through (since he grew up here). Read her note.
I guess this next generation is carrying on the rivalry, with good humor, of course!

A boy and his dog

Last week, when the weather was nice, we let the dogs out in the back yard while we were outside enjoying the weather. The kids were playing in the back yard too and I noticed Jacob and Trip up on the training table relaxed, enjoying the sun, and taking everything in. They both sat there together for the longest time. It was so cute!

They spotted me, but they still didn't budge.

Well, our little Miss Ashley is potty trained, at 23 months old! I didn't encourage it until she showed interest. I was thinking we'd start closer to three years old, but she's doing it now. She's so darn little, it's awfully cute to watch her!
I must say, having two girls and two boys, it is true when they say girls are easier to potty train! (At least, with my experience.)

I made Thanksgiving dinner for the first time and enjoyed it! We're going to Utah for Christmas and my in-laws were out of town, so we had our own little Thanksgiving by ourselves. It was a really nice day!

After our big meal, we all ate some pie, except for Jared. He was eating his whipped cream off the pie instead!

I brought the bunny in the laundry room to brush her out and to let her stretch her legs, and realized that she and Akira are the same color. They're quite the pals too!

Is that the cutest thing, or what!

Just enjoying a snack! Since it's so darn cold out we haven't let the bunny in the yard for exercise and to eat grass, so we have to feed her some greens.

Emily does such a great job taking care of Cutie!

Ryan is the Elders Quorum president in our ward, so guess what kind of activity he planned! We invited all the elders and their families to the shooting range to shoot some clay pigeons. Everyone had such a great time! We all took turns up on the range shooting, while the others watched the kids in the lodge. We had great food and fun!

(not my best side)

When I came into bed I found these sweet angels! Apparently, Jacob got Ashley to lay down and made sure she had her sippy cup, babies, and music from the music box. What a good big brother!

Well, here's Abby after a morning of hunting. She did great retrieving the pheasants Ryan shot! It looks like all the training has finally paid off!
(If you're wondering, yes, we're eating a lot of pheasant)

This was too cute! Ashley had been playing with her babies and then had gotten up on the couch to watch some t.v. with them.

I was outside watering the veggies and then Ashley wanted to play in the water. She had SO much fun for such a long time!
(She had gotten her clothes soaked and it looked uncomfortable so I took them off)

Every night, before I go to bed, I check on the kids to see if they need covered or whatever else. I went in the boy's room and didn't see Jared. I looked in Emily's room, and other places. Then, I found him asleep under his bed. Ever since then, it became his favorite spot to go to sleep, even Jacob tried it for a while. It was a pain having to pull them out from under there every night, but if I'd leave them they'd panic if they'd wake up during the night.