Just because Marcus has been on top for too long!

It's starting to get a little cold in Pinetop. Cortlee and I decided to run over to Woodland Lake park yesterday and try and catch a sunset photo through the "broken" clouds, but the clouds never broke so just a few for fun.

14 deer in the neighborhood last Sunday. Kind of cool to watch the deer eating in the neighbors back yard, but for me it would have been a lot more exciting to have seen some bucks with all the does.

He's Back!!!!!

Yes Marcus made it back home safe & sound. And EVERYONE is so happy to have him back! He got in at 11:00 - right on time. After a few tears and hugs, he got his luggage and we were outta there! We had a nice welcome home party at Carrie's with lots of yummy food - Fenn Tacos, bean burritos, jellos, chips & salsa, then homemade ice cream and cake and brownies. Sorry you missed it!:) He looks good, seems normal:), and for the most part is glad to be home. (I think he wants to be home and in Argentina!) Morgan was pretty much attached to him the whole day - it was funny at the airport, Carrie hugged Marcus first, then Mark, then Morgan ran up before anyone else had a chance!:) She is super excited and so happy to have Marcus home! Thanks for the great example - Well Done Thou Good & Faithful Servant!
Here's a FEW pictures!
The sistas! (And Jaron - I couldn't keep him out of the pictures!:)

There he comes! Wow he aged!:)

I couldn't get Carrie to stop hugging and look!:)

The Dad & Marcus

Morgan & Marcus

Wow! Kolten's tall!

Right before Halle starts to reach towards her mom!

Luke: "Who are you?"

The gang!

So happy to have him home...


Sorry Beals'...:( But these past two years flew by, so Jordan & Sarah will be home before we know it!:)

Halloween!

Clarice told me that I needed to put our pictures up from the 5k we ran on Saturday. We weren't very fast, but we ran the whole time and finished, which was our goal. It was actually pretty fun, or at least I thought so. :) We want to run another one and try to improve our time of 32 minutes. Anyone care to join us?

And I thought I'd just add a couple pictures of the cutest little punk rocker ever! We tried to put his hair in a mohawk, but it wouldn't stand up - it kind of just curled over to the side. Oh well. I think he still looks awesome!

The family that hunts together...

eats venison together? At least we made some memories! Brad and Kolten (oh, I guess I did, too):) got drawn for a white-tail deer hunt. They took off Thursday and hunted opening day on Friday. Then they came back to get me & Morgan to join them in the fun! Saturday morning we woke up super early so we could get to a place Brad wanted to be by sun-up. As we were driving along just after daylight, Morgan spotted a deer down in a canyon. The deer started up and ended up crossing the road. Brad & I could tell it had horns, so he was on the move!:) All I remember was telling him to drive faster, because I really didn't think we had a chance of getting to it before it was long gone. Brad stopped and jumped out of the truck and took off. I wasn't in any hurry getting Kolten & Morgan out, but then I heard a shot! I still am thinking - no way, he must've been shooting at air.:) So we caught up to him and he said the deer was just about to run out of sight, range, etc. when it just stopped. Brad already had his gun on it and took a perfect shot! At this point Kolten & Morgan are soooo excited - not to mention Brad is, too!:) Morgan was so excited that she was the one who spotted it! "I spotted it and dad shot it!" - she kept saying. We started down the mountain/hill and found the blood trail. Sorry for you squeamish ones. We followed it a ways and then sat to wait -to give the deer some time to you know - expire. Well we sat for what seemed like forever to Kolten & Morgan when we got up and walked just a little ways and there it was. Yes, dead. Brad made a nice shot through the lungs. (Didn't blow his brains out!):) So Kolten & Morgan got to be in on all of it - the hunt, the blood trail, the gutting, the carrying it back up the mountain to the truck, the skinning and cutting up the meat, and eating some the other night for dinner! Yes, they were happy!:) (This will make Grandma proud, Kolten even took a heart sandwich to school for lunch the other day):) Unfortunately Kolten or I never even saw another buck, but we were happy for Brad, who is very happy to have shot his first AZ whitetail!