Handsome Jaxon!

Sixteen month old Jaxon is particularily handsome in his yellow bowl and spaghetti sauce. We can all take a lesson from him how to REALLY enjoy food. While I was in SLC with Hayden, Angela and Jaxon came up and spent the day with us. Kitch was able to come after school, and Jason joined us as well. Good fun was had by all.

Beautiful little Hayden

Here is Hayden (almost seven months) being very charming and happy in his activity chair. I was lucky enough to get to spend last week with him while his baby sitter, (his wonderful other grandma) was out of town. We played, and laughed, and I pushed him around on a little baby bike. He would sit on it and hold on like such a big boy. He was just adorable and fun! When I was there, he was SO close to being able to crawl. He would rock on his hands and knees. Well, he has finally figured it out. Corby is up here with us to go hunting with Paul and reported that Jenny told him so last night. So LOOK OUT WORLD! Hayden is now mobile!

Paws and Claws!

How would you like to be wandering along a river bank and come upon this? Corby and his friend Tom found this fresh black bear paw print north east of Palisades yesterday. You can just barely see Corby's foot print on the left side of the picture. They also found trees that had claw marks on them as high as Corbys head. Yikes! Not many bears have been spotted in that area, but they are obviously there!

Now I'm a REAL hunter!

This was Paul's estatic response to shooting his first elk with a bow. He has about a 98% success rate with a rifle, but hunting with a bow is SO much harder requireing many hours of practice. You have to get very close without the elk hearing, seeing or smelling you which requires much stealth and patience. This beautiful 5X5, (refuring to the antler points), was tagged up Snake River Canyon Saturday evening. Paul and Corby had taken the tent and gear up in prep for the rifle hunt that begins on Tuesday. They had time to scout around for elk and Paul was lucky enough to call in this magestic bull. Corby was essential in that he called as well. Corby took this great picture.

GOLD IN A BOTTLE

I had purchased two boxes of peaches through our ward up here and Jason, mom and Michele were kind enough to help me bottle them...(Why is it that work turns to fun when it's at someone elses house!?) I had to include this picture because just look at how beautiful Michele is, and how absolutely queenly mom is!!!! I am so proud to be the sistey ugler!

Goofy

"Look at the camera and say...WHAT THE???!" In typical family fashion, we had to HAM it up for the camera.

Jason's Curls

BIG HUG!!! Jason worked in Valdez, Alaska for five months returning September 2nd. Here he is with Michele and mom at her house on the 7th. While in Alaska, it was easier not to cut his hair or beard...other than in the goatee style, so he came home pretty bushy. I hadn't seen Jason's curls since he was two, actually forgot they were there.