The Hunting Party

Sometimes it's hard for us to find time to hang out together as a family. I know it will only get worse the older our kids get so I really shouldn't complain. But it's kind of fun to get creative in finding ways to be together. For example, in the late summer Rob would go out on the desert in the evenings to look for elk to prepare for archery season. Since he is such an awesome husband and father, he would invite us to go with him. And because we would normally get back way after their bedtime, we would get the girls in their jammies and head out on the desert. I'm sure the girls and I scared away more elk than we saw but we had so much fun together and Ellie got really good at spotting elk and antelope.

Our favorite Ellie quote from our hunting expeditions:

Do elks like cheerios?

Ellie in her "little kid hunting pants" - her words, not mine :)

New Favorite

The girls and I can't get enough of this song. I love everything about it :)

Ellie + Grandma + The Cabin = Awesome Weekend!

Rob's mom took just me and the girls to the cabin a little while ago and we had so much fun!
We stopped at Bear World on the way there and saw elk, bison, moose, black bears, and grizzly bears. Ellie loved the petting zoo and wanted to go on the rides over and over. Piper kept pointing out the window yelling, "What's that?" over and over. They loved it. Over the weekend we went hiking, ate ice cream in West, got giant suckers at the candy store, spent lots of time at the book store, caught guppies, and drank hot chocolate.

Pictures and a video to prove it :)

Untitled from Monica Hemsley on Vimeo.

I love Ellie's reaction to one of the animals - I can't remember what it was.