The Elk freaks my dog out

I could only do a picture with the head because the rest of it is already at the meat cutter's. I also tried to get Shaka into the picture but she wouldn't come near the head. She might have been scarred for life when I chased her around the back yard with the head of the last elk I shot.
I should also add that I took along the single most important piece of hunting equipment on the trip: a beard. Not only does it make you look manly and rugged, but it keeps your face warm while you ride your atv and you don't have to worry about dropping it in the forest.

The Elk Hunt

Levi and his dad got drawn for the elk hunt this year. He left Thursday to go set up camp with his dad. The hunt started on Friday morning and goes for a week. Unfortunately Levi had finals that start on Monday so he only had a couple of days to hunt. He went out hunting each morning around 6:00 and hunted until sun down. The first day they didn't see any elk. On Saturday they hiked over mountains and valleys and shot at a couple of elk but by the time they got to where they were the elk had disappeared. They were pretty beat on Saturday afternoon since they had hiked for so long. But Levi went back out with a friend and just before sun down he shot at an elk and was pretty sure he hit it. They hiked over to were it was and they saw all the blood but couldn't find the elk. The next morning they went to check it out and they found him on the other side of the mountain so they cleaned him all up and took it to the butcher. The elk he shot was a young one with a short 5x4 rack. The pieces they took to the butcher weighed 3oo pounds. Levi made it home tonight and I am so glad! I was lonely every night without him here. This was the first time we have been apart since we have been married. It is scary staying in an apartment all by your self. For some reason you hear all these noises that you have never heard before. And I am a freak and watch all those murder mystery shows like "48 hours: mystery" and then I really get freaked out and make sure the door is locked like twenty times. At least I had the ward Christmas party to go to on Friday night. Then on Saturday night I went to a work Christmas party! So at least I wasn't home all night every night listening to all the strange noises. I am so glad Levi was safe hunting and that he made it home safely. I can't wait to try some of the Elk meat!! Levi's dad is still out hunting and hopefully he will be able to get one before the hunt ends on Thursday. Sorry Levi didn't take the camera so we don't have any pictures of his elk.

I've got primary songs stuck in my head

I looked out the window and what did I see,
Drunken drivers wearing pink undies.
The Sheriff has brought me such a nice surprise,
Crooks serving time right before my eyes

I could watch the inmates pick the weeds,
A group chained together right below the knees.
I can see the guards, but I'm glad to be,
Locking my door between them and me!

We have this empty field right in front of our apartment and Levi looked out the window and to his surprise he saw the whole chain gang cleaning up the field. And Yes, they do wear pink underwear!

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

I love Halloween! I love seeing all the little kids dressed in their costumes. They are always so cute! Plus I enjoy dressing up for Halloween too! I think I have dressed up every year since I was little. We always have some party or activity to dress up for. I was so lucky because my mom came to visit us for the whole week prior to Halloween. She sewed my Halloween costume. It was so cute. Everyone at my work dressed up. It was so much fun! Everyone looked so funny! We had a couple of witches, gypsy, skeleton, tattooed biker chicks, sleeping beauty, Minnie Mouse, cow girl, cat, and I was a ladybug! My mom sewed me a red scrub top and then she loosely sewed on black felt dots so I could take them off and actually wear the scrub top later. She did a great job! She is an amazing seamstress! Then I bought ladybug wings and a headband with antennas. I also found socks that were red with black dots. It was a great costume. Everyone at work liked it. Halloween night we went to our ward trunk-or-treat and this little girl probably around 4 or 5 kept coming up to me and saying, "you're a ladybug. That is so cute. You are so cute!" It was so funny she just kept saying it to me every time she came by. We had a good time seeing all the fun costumes.
While my mom was here we had a great time. I wish she could come visit more. Plus anyone else is more than welcome to come visit and stay with us. HINT HINT!!! It was so nice having her here. Every night when I came home from work and Levi came home from school she had a nice HOT dinner waiting for us. It was sooooo delicious! We were so spoiled while she was here. She taught me how to use my sewing machine and a lot of different things I could do. I think I might have to practice before I sew anything to big. I think I might screw up a lot on this whole sewing thing! I guess I will give it a try. If I mess up too much at least I have a mother-in-law that lives close by that is a great at sewing too! I might stop by with some questions?!?!?!?!
Levi and I also did the annual pumpkin carving! Of course with pumpkins that Levi grew. That's right he grew them in Hot Hot Arizona!! I carved the one that is a bat and Levi did the other one. We love carving pumpkins. We had a lot of fun! Thanks mom for coming to visit and spoiling us!!!

Camp-Out

Levi and I were called to be on the ward activities committee which plans all the wards parties or activities. These next couple of months we are going to be pretty busy with it. This last weekend we had our ward camp out. Then we are having a little trunk or treat in the church parking lot on Halloween, a fall festival/carnival around Thanksgiving, and of course the Christmas Party at the end of the year. It seems like they push all the ward activities to the last three months of the year because after the first of the year we don't have anything to plan for quite some time, which will be a good little break from all this planning! Anyways this last weekend we went up to Camp Lomia (which is the girls camp around here). It was pretty nice up there. We had great weather. We had a good time meeting new people in the ward and even getting to know some people we didn't know very well in the ward. On Friday night we had dinner, then a talent/skit show. Two guys in our ward got up on the stage and one was playing the guitar and the other started singing a Tenacious D song. If you don't know who Tenacious D is I will just tell you the lead singer is Jack Black. Needless to say the song was very inappropriate. But of course they edited quite a bit of the song. Good thing Levi and I were the only ones there who new what the real song was and we were laughing so hard!!! After the talent show a lot of us sat around the camp fire and had smores! YUMMY! The cabins up there even had bunk beds with mattresses to sleep on. It was really nice except for the fact that the bunk beds made the worst noises every time you even thought about moving. Squeeeeeek squeeeeeek squeeeeeek all night long. Then one of the kids that was sleeping in the same cabin as us fell off his bed and knocked down a coat rack on the way down. It sounded pretty bad. So pretty much that was the worse night of sleep I have ever had. On Saturday I got out of bed really early because I was sick of laying in bed all night with no sleep. Levi helped make breakfast for everyone. It was delicious. We went on a little hike and sat around and played games and then headed home to a nice hot shower and nice squeeeeek free bed. I fell on my bed and was out for 5 hours! That was the greatest nap ever!

FINALLY

Levi has been looking and looking and looking for an xbox since his birthday which was August 17th. He was looking for a newer model because apparently they were making them a little better so they wouldn't over heat as much! Every time we would go to any store that had Xbox's he would go and check out the dates of every xbox, but we couldn't ever find one with a newer date. Well I think he just got really sick of looking and since the price came down 50 bucks and I guess they are doing a holiday package where you get two free games with your purchase he caved in and bought one off of amazon. Now it is finally here! And guess what? We got one of the newer models! YES!!! Now Levi can't wait for Gears of War 2 to come out. That game is the whole reason he wanted to get an xbox. I am starting to prepare myself for the day and week to follow when it does come out because I am pretty sure I won't have a husband for that whole week!

8 Things Tag

Well, it seems to be a tagging marathon lately and Jenn tagged me this 8 thingy so here it goes...

8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1: Prison break
2: The Office
3: My name is Earl
4: The Biggest Loser
5: The Hills
6: Scrubs
7: Flight of the Conchords
8: The Simpsons

8 favorite restaurants
1: Rosa's
2: Gecko Grill
3: Pete's Fish and Chips
4: Neds Krazy subs
5: Cafe Rio
6: Outback Steakhouse
7: SomeBurros
8: Barros

8 things that happened yesterday
1: I went to work
2: Went hot tubing
3: Watched my name in Earl
4: Cleaned out the fridge
5: Went grocery shopping
6: Talked on the phone with my mom who lives in Utah
7: A motorcycle ran into a car head on right in front of Levi and he had to get out and help!
8: Watered our garden (We only have green peppers, corn, beets, carrots, and pumpkins right now)

8 things to look forward to
1: My Mom is visiting us really soon for a week!
2: Levi will be graduating in May
3: Christmas in UTAH! yay finally a white Christmas, Hopefully!
4: Levi getting a job
5: Moving Closer to my best friends and family!
6: Having kids---Far FUTURE!
7: Weather being below 100 degrees
8: Paid holidays

8 things i love about fall
1: Like I said earlier weather under 100 degrees, by the way it hasn't happened yet
2: Dressing up for Halloween! I think I might be a lady bug this year!
3: Carving Pumpkins
4: Cooking new holiday recipes
5:Giving 8 billion flu shots to everyone and their dog!
6: Thanksgiving
7: All the delicious treats to eat
8: Octoberfest

8 things on my wishlist
1: A really expensive car!
2: I wish Levi would just buy his X-box already and stop looking for a special kind on the internet. So I don't have to hear about it anymore!
3: To have a cute little puppy that Levi would poop scoop after!
4: I wish we had cable and tivo.
5: I wish we owned a house
6: A big family!
7: I wish that my back never hurt again in my life!(It constantly hurts all day everyday)
8: I wish I could fall asleep the second my head hit the pillow--Like Levi does!

8 People I'm Tagging
1. Who ever wants to do it. I already tagged everyone I know on the last one!