The Jim's (or a lot of the Jim's) Thanksgiving!

The Girls

The Cousins

The Feast

The smaller yet equally delicious feast tables

The girls and a strange Luke animal at pebble beach

The girlies at the Baptism

Chubby Bunny anyone?

Grams...look at how beautiful she is!

After the feast and much thangsgiving....the wanna-bes show off

Then the show-offs get shown-up by the real champs!

The "Urkel"crombie and Fitch Model

Pebble Beach

The traditional Pinata

Bre has a secret candy storage place...can you guess where?

Martins love their desserts

How many Martins does it take to climb a tree

Yes! All of us girls...we climbed Carelton Peak....So pretty

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

The last hunt of the season.

Melanie and I went out deer hunting for the last time this season. Our friend Andrew came with us and shot this nice 5x4 mule deer buck.

Melanie's first whitetail buck! It is a 4 point whitetail buck. By the way, out here a 4 point means four points on each side.

This is a nice whitetail and she made a really good shot on him. She is becoming quite the hunter and outdoorswoman!

This is my 5 point mule deer buck. We put about a two mile stalk on him with only 45 minutes before dark. By the time I snuck up on him and shot him I had 5 minutes of shooting light left! We worked hard for this one and it paid off!

We praise the Lord for the success we had and for allowing us to enjoy His creation!

A perfect ending to a fun and exciting hunting season!

Wedding Hair Ideas (for Laura)

"The Croissant" "Mount Saint Hellens--Eruption"
"Minnie-Spouse for Mickey-Mouse"
"Tying-the-knot"
The Jackie- uh-oh!

A preview on my bridesmaid's attire! (I want to surprise Joe with his favorite cuisine- on fabric;-)!

The House

This is the fireplace in the living room. I plan on putting my Koestner painting right above it!!
The back yard where we have 2 apple trees, 2 pear trees, 2 cherry trees and raspberry bushes.
This is the kitchen (we're trading out the fridge with one of his parents so everything matches;-)
The decked in pool!
The main bathroom!!

Just thought Id liven things up around here with some new pictures

I was privilaged enough to visit my dear cous-cous's of Pa at dear old Pillsbury.
Here we are all smooshed together to make it in the picture(the mystery kid is my friend, Sarah Kurtz...but James just adopted her as our cousin for the time)
Here are some glamour shots from the morning of the departure
I had such fun reuniting with the fam, and also seeing Uncle Steve and Aunt Ginny!

Antelope Hunting

Melanie and I had a great time antelope hunting. We put a two mile stalk on a herd of over 100 antelope to get Melanie her first big game kill. She made an awesome shot at this buck from about 75 yards away. I will let her tell the rest of the story.

The next morning just after sunrise we found a small herd of about 10 antelope that were on the run as soon as we saw them. We chased them around for a while but they wouldn't stand still long enough for a good shot. Finally, we put the sneak on them over a hill and found them standing about 400 yards away. We thank the Lord for a fun and successful hunt.

We had beautiful sunrises and sunsets every day.

This was the sunrise the morning I shot my antelope.