Halloween 2010

Rowan got to dress up for a "Halloween Sing" at school

Skeleton PJs!!

Tatum ~ MEOW!

Our little T-Rex and kitty cats

Parker with her goodies

Tatum kitty

Trick or treating with the neighbors

Sweet little kitty cats ~ Tatum and Parker

Cutest T-Rex ~ Rowan

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Opening Weekend of Pheasant Season at the Farm - October 2010

Every year, Dave and his family and some friends get together at the Fredrickson farm for opening weekend of pheasant hunting season. It is a huge - and fun - family tradition. Everyone visits and hunts together, shares a big meal and some drinks. The kids run around the farm together, play outside, greet the hunters when they come back for the evening. Fun is definitely had by all! :) Dave's grandparents, the Fredricksons, lived on this farm, and Dave grew up playing and roaming around here.

Rowan with his "gun" - be vewy, vewy quiet...I'm hunting wabbits!

Sunset at the farm

Cabela, the bird dog....first year hunting pheasants (at 8 years old!)

Rowan chowing down with some of his cousins

The hunting party

Dave and his cousin, Lance

3 birds with 2 shots!

Tatum and Parker at 14 months

Just some random pics of the girls at 14 months. They were starting to stand on their own and take some steps. They are just growing too fast!

Sitting at the "big kids" table with brother :)

Facing forward in our carseats!! Yea!!

Pink and camo! :)

HaHa! I love how Parker closed her eyes for the kiss!

Getting into mischief in Big Brother's room

It's now a 2-seater!

Tatum showing off her new teeth :)

Bear Country USA - September 2010

We took the kids to Bear Country this fall....it is a drive through wildlife park where you can get close to and see bears, deer, elk, mountain lions, reindeer, wolves, etc. etc. We had a good time watching some of the local wildlife. The park is not far from our house, so Rowan definitely wanted to make sure the animals were contained and could not escape! :)

One of Santa's reindeer resting until Christmas! :)

This was hilarious! The girls were not too keen on sitting next to a "bear". They cried anytime they got near that bear statue!

October....Really??

I can't believe I am still trying to catch up on posting pics from October! Those of you that know me well can believe it pretty easily. :) Yes, we are still here. I do still want to post some pics of things we have done in between October and now (almost Christmas! Yikes!). I am really far behind because we have been doing so many fun things! We have been so busy since Halloween between visits from friends and family, preparation for the holidays, work, school, etc. etc. I will get caught up here and then I promise (New Year's resolution??) to try to stay caught up from the start of the new year! Stay tuned...

My Mountain Man

I have to say Dave is certainly back in his element....and very happy to be! He drew an antelope tag this season, so he and his friend, Darin, went hunting for antelope. And so, Dave got his goat! He had the meat made into some great antelope/beef sticks...I was pleasantly surprised at how good they were!

Dave and Darin in NW South Dakota

Dave and his antelope

Fall in the Black Hills

We went for a drive through Spearfish Canyon northwest of Rapid City to see the leaves at the peak of the fall season as they were changing colors. Beautiful!!! Fall is quickly becoming my favorite time of year! The brisk air, the evergreens, the gold aspen trees, the cool nights and beautiful days...

Roadside picnic

Rowan showing his collection of leaves...He got to take them to school the following week for show and tell as they were collecting fall nature items!