Cody!

We had another great weekend at the cabin! Josh and I are so blessed to live so close to our family, and to be able to spend tons of time with them. We definitely operate under the "family comes first" belief, and this weekend was a perfect example of spending some amazing quality time with everyone. Luckily for us our nephew, Cody, was in town from Texas, and he was at the cabin this weekend also. He is almost five and loves every second of hanging out with his uncles. Josh and Jarrid love to roughhouse and torment him, but Cody loves it and keeps coming back for more. The highlights for the little man this weekend were: riding in the ranger and swimming in the pond. I will preface this by saying the pond is a disgusting mess of dirty brown water, teeming with catfish, snakes, and probably a million other creatures that I do not wish to know about. It was basically a four year old (and thirty year old) boy's dream!

Cody also loved feeding Jarrid's deer, and I was lucky enough to capture some of it on video. The babies are down to being bottle fed only twice a day (down from five times a day), so that leaves some more time for fun!

Old Videos!

I was transferring some old videos off of my Kodak Cam and found a few good ones!

This one is from back in the spring when Josh and I were in South Carolina. Those of you who read my snake story, this was the same night. Please excuse my horrible hog calling...I am pretty sure that is NOT what they are supposed to sound like!

New Toys!

At the start of summer, Josh and I took our arrows to Swatara Creek Outfitters to have our arrows wrapped. He wanted white wraps so that they were easier to see after he shoots. I wanted....I'll let you guess.....pink camouflage! I also had pink fletchings added, instead of the boring green ones I had. It is going to look fabulous! We finally go the call that they are in, so take a look! I am beyond thrilled at how they turned out. For all you pink haters out there, it is one of the easiest colors to spot in the woods.

Josh and I were out shooting my bow a few weeks ago, warming up for the fall. I can't believe how long it has been since I have worked with my bow. Definitely time to get started! I figured it was like riding a bike...not so much. It began with me picking up my bow backwards and trying to put an arrow in. Lucking I figured that out pretty quickly. Then I forgot to put my release on...until I tried pulling the bow back and realized something was missing. Finally I had my arrow knocked and ready to shoot. I slowly pulled back and....BAM! I had my finger on my release and managed to shoot my arrow and simultaneously punch myself in the face. Great beginnings! Luckily my bad luck ended, or my memory kicked in, and I was able to shoot about fifteen consecutive shots. All were pretty good, minus a few bummers.

Sorry it took me so long!

My newly wrapped arrows!

 

 

 

These are my fancy new deer farming shoes!

Practicing with my bow. Archery season is just around the corner!

Not too shabby!

For some reason I can't shoot without squinting up my face.

Happy July everyone! Sorry it has been so long since my last post...life has gotten away from me a little bit. We've been pretty busy the last few weeks, hope you enjoyed the updates! We will be heading out to see the deer (and Jarrid and Ali) again soon, so check back for more pictures of the babies!

Fawns!

I hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend! Josh and I headed up to Altoona on Friday night to help Jarrid out with the fawns. It was definitely a fun weekend, though I am not sure relaxing is the word I would use. Those sweet little babies, all twenty of them, need to be fed four times a day. Not to mention taking care of the big deer in the pens. All-in-all, it was a great weekend!

For those of you who are not familiar with deer farming...here is a link to the Pennsylvania Deer Farmer Association. They have some great information about the industry. 

 

The babies are hungry!

The teeniest baby....and possibly my favorite!

It is like an Easter egg hunt trying to find them in the high grass.

Josh and Jarrid