Where is tiny?

He was chilling in the tree Monday, but he felt a little more adventurous today! Ride 'em cowboy or reindeerelf! Crazy elf!

...Last Week We...

...Played in the rain...

...Spent time with family...

...Decorated for Christmas...

...Hunted for Tiny...

...Baked cookies...

...Read Christmas books...

...Grew Rudolph...

...Fingerpainted without the mess...

...Made an Advent calendar...

Each pocket has a treat and an activity, and my goal is to update my blog each day in December to show you what they are!

and

...Played dress up...

This is Presley's spy outfit. We were going to spy on butterflies. I still don't know where they were.



Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! We are curled up on the couch eating popcorn and watching Elf! I want to start blogging the funny stuff Presley says, so... she has decided that she wants Crisco for Christmas so she can bake by herself.

Deer Season

It is deer season, which means that we have been traveling every weekend. We went to Sheridan for the youth hunt Saturday. Nick's dad in the man in charge at their deer camp, and they invited us down for a hot dog roast and a hay ride. We had a great time!

Last weekend, we went to Hamburg so that Nick could hunt, but Presley, my mom, and I went shopping! Nick didn't get a deer, but we made some good finds. We went to Paul Michael's in Lake Village. We love that place!  We will be staying in town this weekend. Duck season opens, and the fields have lots of ducks. I don't think Nick is going to sleep Friday night ;)

Happy Birthday {and Halloween}!

Presley turned four Saturday, and we had a costume party to celebrate! Happy Birthday to the prettiest My Little Pony ever!

Catching Up

My parents came for a visit a few Saturdays ago. My dad and Nick went fishing, and my mom, Presley, and I went shopping! It was so nice to spend some time together, and the weather was beautiful! Thanks for coming to see us Nana Raine and Big Daddy!

Scout has been growing and sleeping and eating and chewing on EVERYTHING. She hasn't torn anything valuable up YET. I can't resist taking pics of her when she is sleeping, and since she does that a lot here are some pics.

Last Friday night there was a football game in Woodlawn, and muzzleloader season started.  Since we were close to my family's land in Hamburg, we headed down there so Nick could hunt.  Presley was running around Friday night at the game, but Saturday morning when she woke up, her little cheeks were so red. I knew that she was running fever. We got up and went to the store to get a thermometer and medicine.  Her temp was around 100, so I gave her some Motrin. She just wanted to sit around all day, but it was gorgeous outside! I tried to talk her into playing outside, and after a while, she did.  I got lots of pics of her walk in the woods, but after that, she was pretty attached to my mom. 

We had a fish fry Saturday night complete with pumpkin carving, a bonfire, and smores! Many of my faborite family memories involve fish fries, fires, and smores.  It seems that Presley's will too!

Saturday night Presley was burning up. I was scared to take her temperature because I didn't want to know what it was! It ended up being 103.6, so I put her in one of my shirts and took her outside in the cool night air.  Her fever went down and didn't get that high again, but she wasn't fever free until Wednesday. We were glad that she was healthy for her big birthday!

{puppy love}

I attempted to post last week, but didn't have time to finish! Presley was running fever in my last post, and she was still running fever on Tuesday, so Nick took her to the doctor. She ended up having a UTI, but she was much better after a few doses of antibotics. 

Last Monday, I helped out with a ladies' salad and dessert social that my sweet and super-talented friend, Sara put together.  There were almost 80 women there, and we were blessed to hear Dena's testimony about her stuggle with a brain tumor that developed when her son was just six months old and her daughter was four. Her cancer is in remission now, and she got a hair cut not long ago! She has an amazing story about how the Lord worked in so many parts of her life- from insurance to money to people farming her husband's land to people taking care of her children. 

We have still been cheering on the Eagles! We won last week's game against Palestine-Wheatley, but lost last night to Carlisle. Sara made this cute outfit for Presley. I told you she is talented!

I made my first attempt at a burlap door hanger. It didn't turn out quite how I wanted it to, but Presley likes it!

And, the biggest news~

We brought home our new dog! Her name is Scout, and she is a black lab. Presley is having so much fun with her! Scout is actually Nick's dog, and he hopes to train her to retrieve ducks.