Friday, October 23, 2009

More deer photos

Warning...don't look if you are a Bambi lover. Cassidy killed her 1st deer yesterday! She was so excited! She got the deer lined up in the scope and then her Daddy took the gun off safety and she shot it. At first they thought it was a doe but once they got to the deer, they discovered that actually it was a "button" buck to which she replied that she wanted to have him mounted. LOL!



She had to ride in the back of the truck with the deer to make sure he didn't go anywhere as they were going to pick up Poppy from his tree stand.





It's traditional to smear blood all over the hunter after their first kill but thank God Tony didn't believe in doing that. Instead he just put a little bit on her to take the picture. You should have seen her when he put it on her. She couldn't get if off soon enough. I can't blame her for that!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The "Mack Daddy", Igloo and Mummy in a Coffin

This post is going to go from one extreme to the other so please bear with me. Remember how I told you that on opening day all they saw were does but they wouldn't shoot them because they were waiting for the "mack Daddy" deer. Well, Tony found him on Tuesday, a 10 point! He is one happy man and is bound and determined to have him mounted even though I told him he already has his allotted number of deer heads on the living room wall. LOL! We'll see who wins this battle.





Cassidy just learned about all different tribes of American Indians in school and had to pick a tribe and make a special project. She chose to make a model home and here are some pictures of the final product. I bought 3 boxes of sugar cubes and she hot glued them together around a metal bowl. She used a LOT of glue to make it stick. Her teacher said she did a great job and is putting it on display next week at our local fair along with some other classmates. Whoo Hoo!





My oldest grandson's birthday is October 29th, just 4 years and 1 day after my youngest daughter Cassidy's birthday. Since their birthdays are so close to Halloween, it lends itself nicely to have costume parties. I went to Ashley's house last night and helped her make Chandler's birthday invitations. I got the idea from here.







I think they turned out pretty cute. We cut out all the peices and all she has to do now is put them all together.

On another note, while I was there last night, Chandler started running a high temp, almost 104 degrees! Ashley took him to the doctor today and it turns out he has the H1N1 virus! The doctor said that since she brought him so quickly hopefully the Tamiflu will work. Please keep them in your prayers.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

And it begins...

Hunting season, that is. I am now officially a hunting season widow. Hunting season began this past Saturday and opening day is a big deal to my husband and both my girls. It is the day that you can win cash for killing the biggest buck. Tony came in 2nd place in 2006 and won $750.00 and has been trying hard to win 1st place and receiving the $1200.00 prize. Gabrielle has gone for the past several years and has killed a doe before but this was Cassidy's first official "opening day" and chance to kill a deer.

Unfortunately they didn't kill anything although they saw several does...just waiting on the big "mack daddy" as Tony says. So instead I will share the pictures of Tony teaching Cassidy how to shoot a gun. This was a big deal because as a small child she was always scared of loud noises and now here she is shooting a gun.








You can't really tell in this photo but she shot in the bulls-eye (aka black spot) every time she shot. Not too shabby!

Friday, October 16, 2009

I'm still alive!

Yes, I am still alive. I have just been MIA from the blogging world lately. It's funny how I am not even working full-time but don't seem to have any extra time at all.

I did make some time to stamp some Christmas cards this week. We will be making these cards at my monthly stamp club tomorrow.


Stamps: Ms Holiday Cheer
Ink: Archival Black
Markers: Tulip, Juniper, Parchment
Other: Fun Flock
Paper: Jingle Creative Basic

Close up showing Fun Flock on fur.



This card showcases the "spotlight technique".


Stamp: Merry Pursuits
Ink: Archival Black
Markers: Tulip, Juniper, Parchment
Paper: Jingle Level 2 Paper pack



This card was made using 3rd Generation stamping.



Stamps: Holiday Trinkets
Ink: Tulip
Paper: Jingle Creative Basics

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Who is ready for school!

This is the layout that we did for our September Stamp Club meeting. These pictures of Cassidy went perfectly with the colors of the new Twitterpated paper I used. I went for a play on words with my title since I used the owls in this stamp set and also used the owls as my letters in the word school. Isn't it adorable?






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Stamps: Rustic Alphabet, You're a Hoot
Paper: Twitterpated Level 2 Paper Pack
Cardstock: Chocolate, Colonial White, Crystal Blue and Sweet Leaf
Ink: Chocolate, Sweet Leaf
Markers: Crystal Blue and Sorbet
Colonial White buttons

Friday, September 4, 2009

Blog Hop- September Stamp of the Month



Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month 's Stamp of the Month is " Treasures" a fun set with 13 stamps. I am late posting the links to the Blog Hop this month but let me assure you, they are wonderful. There are almost 70 consultants showing you their artwork this month. Enjoy!