Doggie!!!!

This is Katie's first dolly. She got it from Great Grams during a visit, and as an infant really loved it. When I reminded her about the doll she ran and got it. Side note; is it not strange how alike Katie and Clint look??? Siblings typically look something alike, but these two could be, at moments, one and the same. Although Clint is a bit bigger!!

Anyway, this is Clint's dolly. He got this little doggy as a gift from his Great-Great Aunt Ruth (sorry to make you sound older than you are with the great great business Aunt Ruth!) He loves this doggy. He loves it so much it is the first object he has held his fat little arms out to get. He grabs it with both arms and hugs it to his face. Sometimes he gives it a BIG kiss. Sometimes he bites it, and other times he just rubs it against his nose. He holds it so tight. If he is slightly upset you just shake it in front of him and he takes it like a lifeline. Like it is the only thing that understands him at the moment.

It's ears have become a little crunchy from all the chewing, and the nose is a little faded from too many kisses. Clint loves his little doggy! I hope it lasts forever!

First Day of School

Katie began her first day of Pre-K yesterday. She was so excited! She got this outfit for the first day and couldn't wait to wear it.
Grammie got her new shoes called twinkle toes. They have gems on the toes and they also light up. She loves to go into the mud room with the light out and say "mommy I'll just make the twinkle toes light up so you can see!" So after my mild seizure from the twinkling (which is more like an insane strobe light) I say "Katie those really aren't helping me find the door." The mud room has no window!
She was so excited to start her new school. She gets to take a snack to school every day so she picked out this awesome Dora lunchbox. She has been so excited to use it, since it is "like real school to have a lunchbox." Snack time turned out to be her favorite part of the day!

Hunting Season

All over the state wives and children are getting ready for the season. Fall you think?? Nope, hunting season, a season in which every bit of free time is taken up by the hopefully fruitful search for a trophy elk, deer, antelope, moose, or anything else that is open season. This year is Rick's second Elk season. His first with a rifle (last year he only did archery).
The game and fish department is warning hunters about the bears. Grizzlies are roaming a bit further than Yellowstone due to the fact that their food is scarce. Their food is a berry from a tree, not campers (there are plenty of those!) Anyway, the game and fish department is recommending that hunters carry not only a side arm, but bear spray as well.
What is bear spray you ask?? Well it is pepper spray in a container the size of a small fire extinguisher.
Rick is all prepared for the season to open. He hopes not to see a bear since, as I mentioned before, they are hungry!

Hopefully if he sees a bear he will see one like this (this photo is from flicker, and not one I took!) This bear is either pondering life, or wondering if the guy taking the picture has bear spray!

Katie, Clint, and I, wish Rick and all the other hunters out there a safe, happy, and trophy sized season!