Halloween

Well the time is here....Halloween Time!! Mom loved Halloween! I think it is fair to say that Halloween was her most favorite holiday. When we were young she always had so much fun dressing us kids up. Her and Grandma(Miller) had some pretty crazy ideas for us kids, and we loved every minute of it. Carving pumpkins was another fun thing that we all loved doing as a family. I'm sure Mom just loved cleaning up the mess we made too!

Jennie, Me (lazy eyes) holding Kade, Kelly, Lacey, and Kami

Lacey as Mickey and Kelly as Kissfur.

Jennie, Lacey, Kelly, and Me.

We loved going Trick-or-Treating. Mom and Dad would take us around to houses all over Egin, then we'd go to Parker. We used to get so much candy! It's fun to think back on all the adventures we had Trick-or-Treating. There was always a dog that we'd encounter that wanted to chew off our leg, or some elderly couple that just wanted to sit and visit....ALL NIGHT LONG! And the best is when we were gathering candy off the ground because one of us tripped in a hole or snow drift. Good times!

As we got older, the Trick-or-Treating faded but Mom decided to start having Halloween parties, and we all had to dress up!

The whole family.

Dad and us girls!

Kade, Mom, Dad and Kami (holding Buddy).

Lots and lots of laughs! Since Mom has been gone we've been good to carry on the tradition with the family Halloween party. It's not the same, but I know she's there laughing at all our crazy costumes! We love you Mom and we'll be thinking of you this Halloween!!!

Favorite Time of the Year

When asked, "What time of year is your favorite, and why?" This is what Mom wrote....

"My favorite time of the year....guess? FALL! I love the colors, the smell of the air with the people burning their leaves. Mostly the mountains, hunting bugling elk. The fall sky, how it is so clear at night time. Notice the big dipper and how it sits in the sky, all the other stars. In the day time the sky is so blue." Then a little while later on the same page Mom wrote this, " Jamie I got up at 2:30 this morning. I went upstairs to look outside. I have never seen so many falling stars. It was absolutely beautiful. Almost every little minute I seen one."

Fall has always been Mom's favorite time of the year. I think she passed it on to us kids too. Along with all the amazing colors and smells that comes with fall, would come the laughter and the thrill of hunting season. All of us kids had lots of opportunities to go hunting with Mom and Dad. Never a dull moment either and we usually had something to show for all the hiking and rough roads we had to travel. My most favorite hunting trips were those out in Davis Lakes, sitting on the rock piles while Dad and sometimes the boys, would walk the trees in hopes to push something out to Mom and I. While waiting for the elk to run out of the trees, Mom and I would be usually laughing our butts off about something stupid one of us had done or we'd be lounged out eating candy bars. I know Dad would get so sick of Mom and I after spending the day hunting with us. We just simply couldn't be quiet....no matter what! It was too easy to make one or the other laugh. And Dad....oh the looks Dad would throw our way! That would just make it that much harder to quit laughing! I miss those hunting trips!

Not just anyone can look this good in camo!

What a scary looking clan this is!

Lucky day!

Mom's first deer.

Ssshhh....LISTEN!!

And what about all those beautiful colors! Mom loved to take pics of the pretty fall colors. The fall before she died we tried to get as many of the family that could make it and take fall pictures with Mom and Dad. What a beautiful day that was.

This is Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids.....since that picture there have been a four more little cuties added to the family. (I think that's how many!)
This is kind of our family. There were a few that couldn't make it that day.

And one to remember FOREVER!!

So when your out and about this fall....remember Mom when you see the pretty colors or smell the burning of a wood stove or piles of leaves. Keep an eye on the bright blue fall sky and remember to look up at the stars once in awhile....you never know what you might see!!

I found a bunch of fall pictures so I added them as a slide show. And brothers and sisters or anyone else who might have a hunting story they want to share, PLEASE type it up and email it to me! I'd love to share other fun stories on this blog!!