Faith Family of Five: Together again...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Together again...

Hunting season for this household has officially come to a close. I wish I could deliver better news and say that our freezer would be filled with elk meat, alongside those packages of venison, but that's not the case this time around. Despite my man (and his dad) waking up and hiking in the wee hours of the frigid mornings, army crawling so as not to disturb whatever beast might be out there, glassing, scoping, praying, and just hunting his heart out for days, God did not put an elk in that "perfect position" this year. A few times it seemed Andy would get a shot off but the circumstances just didn't line up. Part of hunting is being out in the breath-taking scope of God's beauty, the comradery of being with family and friends, new adventures, and this year that's what this latest elk hunt was all about! Blessings still abound! But I must admit that I'm exceedingly glad to have my hubby back. And I know these 3 little gents are over-joyed to have daddy home. :)

view from the top!

yes--those are elk. They were there! just not in the "sweet spot"

look at that moon over the mountains!!

simply spectacular

Andy and his dad enjoying some time together!

While daddy was away, we still played, still laughed, still wrestled, and I still might have sent them to bed a little earlier than usual a night or two just to have a more peaceful evening. ;) We had school pictures, first award assembly of this year, more soccer games (although Austin missed his thanks to a sore throat and a touch of feeling under-the-weather), and the usual run-of-the-mill happenings for the Anderson household!