Carson's Birthday
Carson celebrated his 14th birthday on November 3rd. He missed his first church dance by one week. He wasn't bummed at all and doesn't want to go to the dances. But I told him he has to go and his first one will be New Year's Eve!
Carson got most of his presents before his birthday. I took him shopping while in the valley and he picked out some new shoes, basketball shorts, jacket and a pair of jeans.
So for the day of his birthday he got some random fun stuff!
Reese's is his favorite candy bar. He was actually grounded from this candy for a while because he wasn't eating healthy and only wanted to eat Reese's!
Of course he got a basketball. With basketball season just right around the corner, Clayton and Carson are ready for their first games. Clayton got an indoor ball for his birthday and Carson got an outdoor ball...all bases are covered for these boys!
Our family went to Rita's house to celebrate Carson's birthday. My oven went out about a month ago and we still haven't purchased a new one. So in order to have a birthday cake we baked it at Rita's house.
The next day Carson was ordained to the office of a Teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood. Grandma and Grandpa Wellman came for the occasion and they gave Carson his brand new white church shirt. He needed it badly.
Grandma & Grandpa Merrill also came for the occasion.
They gave Carson this fillet knife for his birthday.
Daycee's 4th Grade Music Progam
Daycee performed in her 4th grade class choir. They sang songs that honored our Veteran's.
She played 2 songs on the recorder.
She is very entertaining to watch on stage. She gets into the song she is singing and dances to the beat. (I thinks she gets it from me!!) She performed several duets with her classmates and did awesome!
Young Women's In Excellence
Harly had her first YW's in Excellence and was so excited to show off her project that she had been working on. This is her Beehive teacher, Sis. Whiting. She is amazing and so good to the girls! I'm so glad Harly has someone like her in YW's.
Harly displayed her photograhy pictures that she has taken over the last few months. This is her best friend Katie. Katie made pajama pants and a pillow case for her project. You can barely see it on the table. (pink and black zebra print)
The Boy's Deer Hunt
Dayson, Clayton, and Carson purchased left over tags in Unit 30a. This is probably the worst unit to hunt in Arizona. But because it was over a 4 day weekend that meant less school to miss. The boys left Thursday after school and set up their camp. They woke up Friday morning to wind and rain. They started their hunt around 10 am and saw 1 buck the whole day, but it was over 1000 yards away. They hiked around more on Saturday and didn't see anything. There was no sign of any deer. But they found this old cabin. Pretty cool!
They also found this really old rusted out car. If you look closely at the wheel it has wooden spokes. There was a date on the engine block of 10-14-1925! That's an old car. Who knows how it even got there?
Finally what they were waiting for. The boys almost decided to come home Sunday morning because the hunting and weather was so bad. But they stuck it out till Monday morning. They hunted till noon and were on their way back to the truck when the boys spotted 3 bucks. Dayson and Clayton shot at them wounding one of them. Carson and Dayson hiked down to try and find it while Clayton stayed back on top to guide them to the spot. It jumped out at them and Carson shot it 4 more times! He was proud of his buck and was feeling pretty good at this point.
Clayton was so excited for his little brother and with team work they were both successful in the hunt!
Dad is so proud of his boys and their new kill. He hasn't stopped talking about it and I'm sure we'll hear stories for weeks to come! Which is fine with me. I love when they are so happy!
Carson carrying his buck down the trail head to the truck just before heading home.
Well November is almost half way over and so much has already passed.
I can't help but think that these days are few and far between. Soon they will be all grown up and ready to start their own families and my only hope is that I didn't take these moments for granted!
5 comments:
Happy Birthday Carson!!
and yay for the buck, it was funny cause Dayson sent me the picture so i just assumed that he sent it to Aaron. Then randomly during the middle of the day Aaron forwards me the picture and says "it's that Clayton and Carson" i replied "yes, good buck huh?" then he calls to tell me that his brother had sent him that photo to show off. haha not knowing it was his nephews.
Harly looks so pretty and so does Daycee!!!
So much going on! I just love your kids! They are all great kids and you are such a good mom.
Congrats to the boys on their kill! That's awesome!
Happy birthday to Carson...they are growing up so fast and it is so true that these moments will soon be over and just memories. Good job to Harly on her project and Daycee too. And the hunting pictures in the old car are classic. :)
Looks like he got a great belated birthday present. Good job Carson! Delvern was quick to call and tell me all about it Monday night.
Wow what a great hunting story. yes it will be talked about for many years to come and get better each year. we are so proud of our grand children. Team work is wonderful.
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