Christmas 2010

We had 2 Christmas's this year. The first at home, then off to South Dakota for more Xmas and even more...HUNTING!


Our beautiful Christmas tree!


Braden


Megan


SAMANTHA!




I luv my xmas hat!


Walking out to a doe we shot - I guess this was from our Thanksgiving trip.


Eagles Nest


Sarah & Troy w/doe. She had trouble dying. I believe we ended up shooting her brains out but I don't have a picture of that.


Me with my first buck!


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Xmas in South Dakota


This is Troys Aunt - Jim's sister - with a beautiful quilt she got for xmas.


Oh my god! Sam is smiling.


Baby Superstar


Sam won.

Thanksgiving 2010

We ended up going to South Dakota for Thanksgiving this year...and to do a bit of hunting :)
Sam and Megan stayed with their dad for the holiday.
Travis brought his new girlfriend, Crystal and her child. This was our first time meeting them.


Crystal, Grandma and Val at the table.


Crystal and Grandma checking the food.


Troy and Travis hanging out.


Jim & Charm


Leann, Troy & Jade - with my favorite "Old Man and Soup" picture.

We did end up hunting with Jim K. & Travis -

Buffalo


Jim K's Buck


Celebratory Bush Light


Mmmmm Sausage


Not sure what to say here....nice Troy!

Big Buck...Hunting in SD

Troy shot a pretty nice buck this morning. Not the one he had his heart set on, but a mighty nice buck. I think his lucky shirt had something to do with it.



Looking pretty grizzly with that beard!

Memorial Day Weekend in South Dakota

Troy took me to his hometown over Memorial Day Weekend. This was my first trip to South Dakota since I was in the 5th grade.


We were kid free for the weekend - an excellent opportunity for us to road trip and hopefully do some hunting!

The car ride was actually a lot of fun. I had resisted going on road trips for the longest time. I guess I had never been with anyone I wanted to spend that much time in a car with. In the 9.5 hours we spent on the road, Troy "mysteriously" got a peanut M&M up his nose and we plowed through a pound of pistachios.

South Dakota was beautiful. We managed to hunt down a few prairie dogs and retired to our room early Sunday night for much needed Troy-Sarah time.

Pics below!