What a Week!

It has been quite the week! I took the week off originally to go to my aunt Malynda's to help her out, however, it turned out a lot more adventurous than that! I went to Malynda's from Monday until Wednesday, and during that time we had one of our best horses die. It was really hard because it was so sudden and because we have had him forever, and not to mention it was 3 days before the deer hunt, and he was our packer! Luckily I was able to round up some replacements, but it was sad. Thursday I went fishing with my dad and I doubled my life time fish catching score by catching 2 more! It was such a beautiful day out on Strawberry, and we had a ton of fun!

Friday my aunt Jenn came up and we all made new Christmas Stockings. It was a lot of fun, but now I am all crafted out. I will not be doing that for awhile! But every one's turned out really cute! These are just two of our stockings. (Mine is the top "Wrangler"one, and Emily's is the bottom one.) Also, I was able to finally get my baby horse to Heber! I am so excited to be able to start working with her!

Saturday was the day I had been waiting for all year... the opening day of the deer hunt! We woke up early and loaded the horses and took off for our hunting spot. When we got there, I unloaded our horses, and my brother-in-law noticed that my horse had a huge cut above her eye. She definitely needed stitches, so my dad and I loaded the horses back up to head home, and we sent TJ and Pat up the mountain to find some deer. When we got home, I took my horse to the vet and got her all stitched up, so now I am just left with a hefty vet bill! You have got to love animals! Luckily it was early enough that my dad and I were able to go back out and pick up Pat and TJ and hunt a bit, but we did not get anything. Hopefully it works out to go out again this weekend.

And finally Sunday came and we had to do family pictures. So here are just a few random shots while we were standing around waiting for grandpa to take the others!