Quack Quack, Boom Boom

Some of you may not know what the picture below means but...


to a duck hunter's wife it means to start of a new season. It means your husband leaving at 3:30 am on a Saturday morning to make sure he makes it to the right spot. It means seeing duck decoys and waders laid out around the house as he prepares for his hunt. It means seeing dead ducks in the yard when he returns. It means finding new and unique ways to cook duck meat.

But...This year duck season has a new meaning for us!

It means having a little boy who is very excited to see the ducks that his Daddy brings home. As he hugs and kisses them before his daddy cuts them up. It means seeing the excitement on his face as he has learned to blow a duck call and later in the season it will mean....seeing our little boy go on his first duck hunting trip with his daddy.

This year is going to be a very meaningful season for my two guys. So this year I will say....that I am excited about the start of Duck season and all the new adventure it will bring!



4 Blue Wing Teal- Evan was very proud!



He already knows how to call in ducks!



Evan was saying, "Are you holding them?"



What a happy Daddy! He has been waiting for this.



Eric said, "What happened to the Ducks?"
Evan said, "They bonked their head!"
Eric said, "Then what happened?"
Evan said, "They fell down!"

It is going to be a fun season....
I am sure there will be many more pictures to come!

Prayer

Tonight at supper this was Evan's prayer:

Thank you Jesus for my house.

Thank you Jesus for Toby and Tucker.

Thank you Jesus for my eyes.

Thank you Jesus for my cheese.

Then at the end Eden yelled, "Amen!"

So funny but also so sweet! Man, we love our kids!

Our Family!

"Are you happy?"

"Are you happy?" is what Evan says when he wants to tell you that he is happy!

And... being at Aunt Steph's cabin was something that defiantly made Evan happy!

The cabin had lots of things that Evan LOVED!

The Cabin!

You can see the cabin in the background. Evan loved playing outside the cabin, climbing on the beds in the cabin and eating lots of YUMMY cabin food!

The Fish!

Touching the fish was not scary for Evan at all. Actually, he loved to sit beside the fish we had caught and poke out their eyes! Yes, he is all boy!

The River!

Playing by the river provided lots of enterainment. With a Salmon bat and lots of rocks Evan found plenty to do!

The Outhouse!

For some reason Evan was fascinated with the outhouse! Playing peek-a-boo behind it with his Sissy keep him entertained for a while.

The Dirt!

Evan loved getting dirty! The more dirt he had on him the better. Sometimes I wondered if his face would ever be clean again!

We loved getting away to Aunt Steph's cabin. To get there we parked our car and then got on an ATV and rode in on a dirt/mud trail for 8 miles. The ride took us about an hour. Evan loved riding "The Rhino". We hauled in our water and made it without electricity for four days! The cabin is two rooms. One room has a kitchen and eating area with a loft for sleeping and the other room has three beds and a fireplace for heating in the winter! The outhouse served us well and the fire pit cooked us some very good food!

Life there was SIMPLE and we LOVED it! Sure wish we could get back to that kind of simplicity more often!

Blood and Guts!

When you go to Alaska,

Isn't it normal...

to get a little fish blood on you?

Well...

Eden did and she was LOVING it!

We're leaving on a Jet Plane...

Evan and Eden took their first plane ride.

We went all the way to Alaska.

Seven and a half hours in the plane...one way!

Our babies did not mind.

They slept...all the way to Alaska and back!

The rest of the story...

Also, on our trip we visited the San Antonio Zoo and Landa Park in New Braunfels. As I look back at the pictures, I can't believe how big our kiddos are getting. They sure don't look much like babies anymore!

Landa Park

At the park they had a small train you could ride for 2 dollars. Our money was well spent. Evan and Eden loved it!

San Antonio Zoo

Evan has been asking to go back to the zoo since we left. Also, he has been very excited to tell everyone that the zebra pooped. He thinks it is very funny!

Now, this adventure may be over but very soon we will be traveling here....

Can't Wait!