Happy Fall !

Had to take a break at work today to do something

creative. Pumpkins never last long once you cut

them, so I did something a little different with our

pumpkin this year. What do you think ??

Patio !!

As you can tell from this picture, our house was dug out

of the side of a hill and so it left us with a high embankment

at the back. During the early stages of building (winter mostly)

we fought back all the mud that would come down during the rainy

weather. This is what we've looked at from the beginning and

now this weekend we were finally able to get some help in building

a retaining wall to hold all the mud and dirt.

This is the beginning of the wall on Saturday morning. And this is the final results

Stairway area that we had started a couple of weeks

ago. They made it look even better with the rocks going

up both sides of the steps.

Now this afternoon (Monday) we're going to work

on backfilling w/ dirt to make it look even better

and hopefully get some sod or landscaping done

before it starts raining....hopefully !!

HOME !!

This is just a couple of pictures that shows the house looking more like a home. Decor is getting done, new furniture is in place and we're really enjoying being at home for a change. To us, it's just HOME !

Chimney Cap

Yes !!! No more Blue Tarp !! We love our

new Chimney Cap. We installed it yesterday and

I'm really glad I don't have to go on that roof anymore.

Don't mind going up, it's the coming down part

that I don't like ! Just ask my hubby.

Sod is growing and is super green. The house is looking more

and more complete. Just a little more to be done on

the outside.

It's that time of year....Hunting

The Red Hole - or so they call it

This is where one of our deer stands was located.

When the waters got up a couple of years ago, it washed

our BIG stand away and down the creek some 300-400 yrds.

You'll see the stand in the next couple of pic's. We're in the

process of trying to build another stand in this area as

many bucks come through here during hunting season.

This is just a picture of what it's like to hunt with us.

The scenery is just beautiful and it's one of our

favorite places to be.

The Big stand as we once called it. When we found it

across the creek, it was upside down and severly beaten

up by the water. We turned it back over and decided to

leave it here just for some coverage if we ever decide

to hunt in this area again. Pretty rustic, huh ?

My first kill of the year. Doy and I haven't hunt in 2 years

and this area had really grown up. Saturday as a week ago,

we went down to camp and bushhogged the shooting lanes

again and hoped to hunt this area again. Thursday night

we went down and put up a feeder and as our luck had it,

Saturday morning I had 4 does & 1 small buck eating the

corn from the feeder. Couldn't get a good shot from

the stand as it's more of a out front and to the left kind of stand.

I took my crossbow and tried to shoot left handed (as

there was 8 sets of eyes looking at me) and I missed. They

ran off and to my luck, they started coming back in within

about 5 minutes. I got turned around this time and cocked

my bow again from a sitting position (hard to do) and was

able to shoot this doe. Keep in mind, I only had 2 arrows

for some reason. So when Doy came to get me about 30 min.

later, he jumped the doe up cause I had shot her kind of high,

and I was out of arrows. So needless to say, I was scrambling

around on the ground trying to find my shot arrows and get

another shot on her before she got away.....it was successful !

Comical as I think about it now....but Successful !!

I just love spending time in the woods surrounded by

ALL of God's creation and in the quietness of the woods.

Sydney Kate turned 3 !!

Not much on this crown thingy ! I'm loving me some birthday cake !

Gran & Pop got me some new Camo Cowgirl boots !

Aunt LiLi & Uncle G-Jay got me a new shirt to wear

when I go to school and the boys pick on me !

"Don't mess w/ me...My daddy's a Hunter"

Carport Work

Steps going from the carport down to the back patio.

Retaining wall will butt up to both sides of these steps. Rock landing at the top of the steps. Looks pretty good for (2) non-professional rock layers !! (me&doy) in case you didn't know !