The Mighty Hunter

Garth is obsessed with hunting. OBSESSED. He talks about it all year. He gets tags to hunt black bears, deer, and elk. So here he is with his big mule deer. So proud. It's still in the velvet, meaning his antlers are still fuzzy. Garth worked really hard to get this deer. He shot it with his bow. He also wanted me to add that it grosses around 220 B&C. (That's the score for the measurement of the antlers which is great especially since it was shot with a bow!)

Oh and by the way

I'm pregnant! Hence the new baby ticker on my page!

Finally...

I have the Internet again. I have felt so out of touch without it.

In August, we enjoyed a visit from Garth's sister Darcie and her two kids-Cooper and Zoie. We picked huckleberries and raspberries and made jam. That was a first for me. I've never canned anything before. It was so much fun spending time with her. She is amazing. Her kids are so much fun-Palmer loved the company.

Here is Darcie and our beautiful raspberries.
Zoie

Cooper

We also celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary. We went to Salt Lake and stayed in a beautiful room, ate sushi for dinner and shopped at IKEA (my favorite) and Cabela's (Garth's favorite). My mom watched Palmer so it was just the two of us.

Garth and I at dinner

Our view from the hotel. The weather was perfect.

Our garden is amazing...

Not to brag but our garden is beautiful. It's growing like crazy. We are growing carrots, peas, onions, broccoli, Swiss chard, spinach, red leaf lettuce, head lettuce, beets, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, zucchini, yellow squash, and corn. YUM!

Teton County Fair

We went to the county fair on the 24th. We watched my sister, Rachel, and Garth's sister, Mindy, show their pigs for the 4-H auction.

Here we are w/my cousin Mike in the background. We took a couple pics trying to get Palmer to look and he is making a funny face in all of them. We had no idea. Haa haa-love it!

Here is Garth with the giant 1200 lb pig! This picture doesn't do him justice. He was HUGE!!

Palmer and his balloon. He was inseparable from it for days. Until, sadly, he popped it.


We checked out the petting zoo and the goat helped himself to Palmer's snack tray and all his cheerios.

Palmer walks!

At 15 months today-Palmer has been walking for about a week. He is totally a walker now though-no more crawling. He's still a little wobbly but is adorable toddling around the house. Now that his hands are free from crawling he usually carries something in each hand with him around the house. In other words-he can make the house twice as messy, twice as fast. I guess it's time to teach him how to clean up his toys after he's done playing right? Wish me luck with that...

Sorry about the sideways film job. Now I know better. But you get the picture.

Porter Park

Porter Park is this amazing park in Rexburg that has a darling little splash park within. My friend w/her 3 kids and my oldest bro w/his little man met up and we let the kids play. It was so nice to cool off on a hot summer day (which I love and can't get enough of!). Anytime anyone ever wants to go-let me know we'll meet you there!