Wrestling pic

Carson got his wrestling pictures back. It's hard to see the team pic, but I'm sure glad my kid has manners and isn't pulling a weird face to ruin a picture! His season is about to wrap up, with only two more meets!

November happenings

Here are some catch up things...

We had a family home evening lesson on being thankful and put together our thankful tree. It's fun to see what things change from year to year and what things stay the same. One thing I know is that we have lots of things to be thankful for!

Christian and some of his co-workers were talking about weird fruits they had eaten one day at lunch. Christian brought up Jack fruit, a fruit he ate on his mission. One of the guys there told him that you can buy it at a grocery store in Cody. Ever since then, he has wanted to go and get one. We finally made it there a couple of weekends ago before a wrestling meet. He was so excited! They are monstrous and the one he picked out cost almost $25! Christian cut into it that night and we all got a taste. It was an interesting  fruit and there really isn't anything to compare it with. Christian said they are a lot stickier and sweeter in Brazil, but it was still fun to taste one. 

The seeds inside were about the size of a walnut!

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the kindergarteners did their annual Thanksgiving performance for the residents at the care center. They always sing the cutest songs for them.

My little pilgrim.

Carson has had a few more wrestling tournaments and finally won his first ribbon a the Greybull tournament. I stayed home with a sick Landon, so I was sad I didn't get to watch him! They have one more tournament this weekend and then it is their conference.

Wrestling in Cody.

This is how Landon felt about wrestling that day!

The kids didn't have school the day before Thanksgiving, so we had planned to make a trip up to Billings to do some shopping. Travis woke up puking that night, so he ended up staying home (but ended up being totally fine) and getting to help Christian take out a test plot of corn which he really enjoyed doing

We ALL currently have a cold of some degree. And it hasn't been fun! Landon made sure he was set with Kleenex for his runny nose one day while he watched tv on our bed.

I came downstairs to get the boys into bed, and found Landon asleep sitting on the floor. His poor little body was just too worn out!

Landon has really been into drawing family pictures lately. He will draw them on sticky notes and leave them all over the house as surprises for everyone. These are the ones he drew on Sunday and taped to the wall next to the Christmas tree. The top one, he informed me, is Santa going down the chimney. The bottom one is my favorite to date! We are all standing on eachother's shoulders!

Thanksgiving weekend

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by family. The Christian, Carson and Travis got up early to head out pheasant hunting with Christian's brothers. They were able to get two birds. Carson shot at a few and even got one, but they weren't able to find it. He was pretty excited that he finally connected! Landon stayed home with me because he had a pretty good cough and wasn't feeling up to walking as far as they were going to be walking.

The boys got back around 11 and everyone finished getting ready before we headed out to grandpa and grandma Asay's house for lunch. Our Thanksgiving feast was delicious and included all of our favorite things. We hung out for a while after lunch and visited with everyone. All of Christian's family was there, which was fun! It was a beautiful day, so the kids were able to go outside and play.

We decided to do an impromptu family picture since everyone was there. It turned out so good considering we didn't plan this at all. It's so fun that we can all be together. The kids always have so much fun with their cousins!

The "big" kids table.

Grandpa and Grandma with all the kids!

Christian trying to sneak pictures of us.

Grandpa Asay catching some z's while the kids watch a movie.

After hanging out in the afternoon, we ran home for a bit and then headed over to Powell. We had some leftovers for dinner and enjoyed some pie before playing a game of farkle that Jason and Cassie taught us.

Friday, was the Asay traditional Preg testing day. The boys all went out early to help. I came out later after I cleaned and worked on some stuff for church. It was in the mid 50's making it a beautiful day for working cows! The kids had fun helping out and being able to be outside and enjoy the day.

Landon went around and collected all the old ear tags he could find. He was able to fill a bag full!

Travis helping uncle Jared move the cows up the alley.

Travis and Stetson.

They had to de-horn one cow and apparently, it was a gusher. Christian had blood splatters all up his arm.

 It ended up being dark when the boys got home. We had some leftovers that Grandma Foulger had given us and then everyone went to bed.

Saturday, we got up and made a quick trip over to Worland to look at a truck. When we got back, we pulled out the stuff to decorate the tree with. I love having the tree up! We spent the afternoon just hanging out. We all have various stages of a pretty nasty head cold and I was pretty miserable by late afternoon. But, we have so many things to be grateful for. I am so thankful for all the many things that I have been blessed with!

Rieger Creek Lodge Pheasant Hunt

Christian headed to South Dakota last week for a week long pheasant hunt at Rieger Creek Lodge. He's gotten to go the last few years and always has so much fun! He was warned that there weren't very many birds to shoot, but it looks like the people were wrong. They were able to get their limit with in a few hours of starting (they can't start hunting until 10) and then would spend the afternoon shooting clay pigeons.

Happenings

Carson started his first year of wrestling and has two tournaments under his belt and has really been enjoying it. I don't know if I've ever been so nervous as I have been while he's wrestling! Agh!! It's hard on this mom's stomach and heart. He went 2-2 his first tournament and did really good. The second one, they moved him up a weight class and he didn't know that they had and he didn't do as well at that tournament. Who knows what this weekend will bring!

First tournament. Only a couple of his friends are wrestling, and he's so glad that they are so he has someone to hang out with!

Travis brought one piece of paracord along with him to the first tournament to make some keychains and bracelets. He would make one, undo it, make another one, undo it, etc... I guess he thought using his tow to anchor it down was the best option.

We have had a few snow days over the past week. The first one was a really wet snow and the boys loved playing in it. When there was enough on the ground to play in, Travis wasted no time in getting out there. He was practicing his wrestling moves in the living room and didn't even take the time to change into some clothes...just went out in his wrestling singlet and muck boots!

 Pheasant season opened last weekend. Since Carson got done pretty early with his wrestling, we were able to go out and see if we could get any birds. Carson took hunter's safety last year, so he is able to hunt through a mentor program under Christian's liscense. We walked for quite a while and didn't see many birds. They were able to shoot 2. I'm sure there will be many more tries though!

Kevin W, Daniel, Carson, Christian and Travis. Landon, Britt and I were bringing up the rear!

Waiting for some birds. Carson was able to get one shot off on a bird, but missed.

Daniel, Kevin and Christian trying to find the birds they shot. They were only able to find one of the two they got.

Trying to push the birds up for Carson.