A Day Away

What a great weekend!!

Friday after school I took the girls to their cousins for the night!

They were so excited to get to spend the night with their cousins.

We met up with Ward to say good byes then we got to go on a DATE!!

It was so nice to be alone with Ward.

After dinner we headed home to finish getting ready for

my elk hunt in the morning. Yep, you read that right, my hunt!

I went about 8 years ago and figured it was time to go again.

We got up VERY early to load up and drive to the ranch.

It as a cold, rainy, windy, fall morning. We were expecting some

snow and luckily found none!!

We checked in at the ranch and

headed off to sit, watch and wait for the elk to appear.

The only thing that appeared was fog and lots of it!! It really was

a beautiful sight to watch the fog roll in. We sat in a cloud for a couple of

hours then did some walking but he fog was so thick we were unable

to see anything but each other!! Which isn't a bad view!!

We walked around some then headed back to the truck for a snack

and to regroup. While we were having our snacks Ward started up the

truck and the horses that were off in the distance came RUNNING over

to check us out!! They must of thought we were there to feed them because they

started bumping the truck and trying to go through the things in the back.

We ended up driving around the ranch scouting for elk and saw some really

beautiful country side. It was so peaceful to be out there in nature, to

visit, laugh, talk and enjoy each others company.

The rainbow was almost reachable when we picked up the girls.

So bright and beautiful!!