Tuesday, November 24, 2009

TEAM JACOB!!!

Man, how could you not be team jacob! Don't get me wrong I loved edward in the book, but he had nothing on Jacob. I think I became a Jacob fan in the book of new moon. It was so depressing. I hated Edward for leaving Bella. It took me forever to read the first part of the book. Once Jacob joined the book in a major role then I was a fan. He was the guy that was there for Bella. He is just the nice guy...isn't it true that nice people finish last. I went and saw the movie last night with some friends. I liked it a lot. probably because Jacob was in it. Anyways Go team Jacob!!!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Getting my first Deer


Wow! I have been waiting for this moment my whole life. I remember the first time I went hunting. I was pretty young probably around 6 years old. I loved doing stuff with the boys. I remember hiking all over the place and hating it. By the end of the trip some guys from our hunting party had gotten an elk and I being the cute little girl I am, I wanted to throw the elk legs off the cliff. That was the turning point of my love for the sport. I have been hooked ever since then. Since then, I have grown to love hunting for more than throwing animal legs off cliffs. The things that I love about hunting is calling in elk. That is the coolest thing ever. They are incredible animals. I also love being with my cousins. Usually we all have southern tags and so we all meet up on the mountain the night before the opener and camp. It is tons of fun especially since I don't get to see my cousins very often.
Well on to the story of how i got my first deer. I believe that I have earned the title the Ultimate x2. My friends from home have already named me the ultimate for always doing stupid dares and so I think this totally beats that. Well my dad, brother and I each had tags for the summit point ranch down by Monticello. We saw lots of animals but luck was not going our way. My dad should have had one friday night but we couldn't find it or find any blood trace. Well my brother got his cow elk on saturday night. There was a pretty big 6 point elk in the herd that was fun to video. My brother did awesome and it was fun to watch, and needless to say I got to throw the elk legs. Well it was monday morning and my last chance to get one. So I was going to take a smaller one if I could. We saw a few pretty good ones that were in this field that was far away. The big one ran into some trees when we tried to get closer so we continued. We drove past again and noticed that the other one was still there. We decided to go the other way. Just when we were slowing down to turn down this road I spotted a herd of deer, and there he was. My dad and I both jumped out of the truck and got a rest. I took the first shot and hit him. I was shaking so bad. My dad backed me up and shot. I couldn't find him in my scope, so my brother ran over and turned down the power on the scope. Then I found him in my scope again and pulled the triger. click. Oh man my gun had jammed. Buck Fever! So my dad shot again so we wouldn't lose him over the fence. We drove over to find him. We drove up to were we thought he was and started to look all over. I was walking along the fence and no joke like 1 foot away from me the deer jumped up and started trying to run. I totally thought he was going to run over me. As I started running I realized I was the one with the gun. It was really sad cause one foot got shot off when my dad shot the second time. Oh my I have never been so scared in my life. The revenge of the deer! I really thought I was going to get trampled. The hardest thing was to put him out of his misery. So after almost getting trampled and taking the final shot I kind of went into shock. Don't get me wrong, I love hunting but that was a lot harder mentally then I ever thought it would be. Well I am proud to say that I gutted my own deer, with the help of my dad. I also helped my brother skin him. There you have it. The story of my first deer.


Sunday, November 1, 2009

When I grow up I want to be.....



Pippi Longstocking! Well I am not the biggest fan of halloween but I always dress up for work. I have been lots of different things for halloween but one of my favorites is pippi. I think that is because deep down she is my Hero! I had the kids trying to guess all week what I was going to be and I told them that the first person to guess would get an awesome prize! Well Pierce won but it was so funny cause all the kids were getting so mad at me because they couldn't guess it. Work was fun though we had a monster mash and the kids loved it!



It's about time....

that October is over. Last year, my roommate and I were jinxed. October was a horrible month and we were determined to make this one better. I wish I could say that it worked but October is not my month. From now on I will probably go into hiding every October. Well the month started off strong with the results of my praxis test. I barely missed the passing score. Although I did not feel confident last month when taking the test, I need to get my butt in gear and pass the next one in a few weeks or else my life will considerately be different next semester. My car has broke down twice this month. The first time I left my lights on while at work. The second time I was running late to go hunting and I got in my car and it didn't start. At that point in time, if I would have had my riffle my car wouldn't have survived. During October, my car was also booted because they found me. The logan parking people that is. I had like 4 parking tickets that I haven't wanted to pay. So needless to say $185 bucks later I was able to get my car back.

Although October was not my month, I kept on telling myself to look on the bright side. I am not going to lie it was hard through the adversity that I was facing. I have a quote that is hanging up on one of my boards in my room that I can see every time I leave my room. It says
"How have I seen the hand of God in my life today?"
I must say thank you to my visiting teachers that gave this to me about two years ago. This quote is a constant reminder to me that Heavenly Father loves me and is always blessing me, even with the trials that I am facing.

So looking at the bright side of October. Although my car broke down twice, my good friend Brad and his roommate Ross came to my rescue with no hesitation. When my car broke down the second time my friend Adam came to my rescue although he couldn't fix it he stayed with me while I was freaking out. I was amazed at how many people stopped and asked if they could help. I have a great sister that went a weekend without her car so that I could go hunting. When I got back I was trying to replace my battery. Something I have never done before and when I was about to give up, two boys stopped and asked if they could help us. They were amazing. They both were little 18 year olds and one just got his mission call to the Dominican Republic. I will be forever grateful for those two cause they were my lifesavers. There are amazing people in Logan that are always willing to lend a hand and I love it. Last but not least, I got my first deer.

I guess I can't complain to much. "Bad thing happens and there is nothing you can do about it"=lion king, except look at how heavenly father has blessed you through out the bad things. I am so grateful for a loving heavenly father. In church today, a man stood up and bore his testimony about challenges and how we need to keep that glimmer of hope in our lives when we are struggling. Things will get better. And yeah for October being over!