Brianna's First Deer!!!

Brianna got her first deer tonight, just before dark. She has been hunting on and off for a few years, but has never really seen anything to shoot at until tonight. We are so excited for her!

Brian's Big Buck!

Well, last Saturday was the start of deer hunting and Brian and AJ were lucky enough to get a nice nine pointer. They went out early and were able to shoot it about an hour after daybreak. AJ could barely lift its head up for the pictured! He was soooo excited. It was the first deer that Brian shot with AJ in the stand and the biggest one he had ever gotten. He decided to have it mounted because AJ was with him and he is not sure if he will ever get another one that big. Brianna has been a real trooper. She went out the first day and it was cold and rainy. Her stand was wide open and didn't have the plush accomodations that AJ and Brian's did. She hasn't seen one that she can shoot yet. I really hope she will be able to get one this weekend.

Halloween - Pumpkin Seeds to Jack-O-Lantern

Well, those huge seeds turned into quite the Jack-O-Lantern. There would have been two, but when Brian was cutting the top on the second one the knife slipped and he ended up coming out of the ER with 8 stitches. We chalked it up to bad karma and let the pumpkin live. We did keep a lot of the seeds for next year and AJ gave them out to the kids in his class. There will be a lot of LARGE pumpkins in Cromwell next year!



AJ decided to be Darth Vader for Halloween. He had the light saber and some kind of device that made his breathing sound just like Darth Vader. We only went to a few houses because he wanted to get done quick and go to the shack with Uncle Larry. We hit Auntie Lorie's, Jacob and Tonya's, Uncle Brad's, Pelletier's, Gramma Diane's, Auntie Mary's and Gloria Clark's. He just as much candy as it he went to town. We also got some visiting in too!