A Hunting We Will Go.....

The Hanberg's have carried out for years and years the family tradition of going up on the mountain to cut Christmas trees. We always take lots of treats and hot chocolate to add to the fun. In past years (this is only my third year of going) there has been snow so we can sled. This year there wasn't any snow, just a long dusty trail up the mountain. I'm surprised our trees weren't flocked with dust by the time we got them home. This was Harley's first year of going and she loved it!!! We had a big fire which kept her amused. The rest of the time she begged for someone to take her for rides on the 4-wheeler. This is such a fun family tradition that we feel blessed to be a part of!


Grandpa Wayne has learned how to win Harley over!!!


Going to get Grandma's big tree.


My very own "Paul Bunyon"!

SANTA.....Not Such A Hit!!

Stacey had to sit on Santa's lap with Harley because, as you can see, she wasn't liking it!!!


Dad & Harley in line for Santa.


Grandpa Kim, Grandma Diane & Harley at the ward Christmas party.


Harley & Mom!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very fun and eventful Thanksgiving this year! The day before, we went out to Salt Lake to pick up Jacob at the airport who was coming home from South Africa. His plane didn't come in until 10:10 that night. Jacob was our main priority and reason for going out to the city, but Wayne just happened to come across Jazz tickets at work and we couldn't let them go to waste. So, we took a little detour to the Energy Solutions arena before heading to the airport. We had awesome seats at the game! It was so much fun. We picked Jacob up at the airport at 10:12 p.m. (we barely made it) and spent the night in a motel. Thanksgiving day we spent at Grandma and Grandpa Hanberg's house. We had a very nice dinner and enjoyed having Jacob home with us!


Good conversation and good food--- you can't beat that!


Playing at Grandma Hanberg's house.

"How Cute"

Our Baby Turned "1"!

Don't ask me where the year has gone, but yes, our baby has turned one. We had a little party for her birthday which was a lot of fun. She was sick that day and wasn't feeling up to much, so I ended up opening most of her gifts while she sat on my lap and sucked her thumb. She is such a sweet little girl and has brought endless amounts of joy into our lives in the past year. We love you Harley Bug. Happy Birthday!



Harley had her very own lady bug cake and, as you can see, she thought it was delicious!!!

Grandma Jan gave her a princess scooter and she loves it!

Fall Fun!

Harley loves her little bike seat. Everytime we walk past the bike, she begs to go for a ride!

For all you mommys and mommys-to-be out there, this little seat is the greatest thing ever. It was around $100, but completly worth it. We bought it off Amazon and have used it practically every day since! I would recommend getting one to all of you who enjoy a nice challenging bike ride (with added weight) every now and then.




Dogfood.... it seems to be a delicacy for every child!


"Let's go, mom!"


The good, clean Mountain Home dirt is just simply irresistable to Harley! I guess she figures since her mom won't give her daily vitamins she'll have to find some other means of getting them!

Happy Halloween!

Dracula, The Scarecrow

& Baby Bee at a Young

Men/Women Halloween

activity.

"Watch out..... here comes

Sumo Stacey and the gang!"

Cute Little Pumpkin

Harley and I had so much fun carving her first
pumpkin. She thoroughly enjoyed eating it while
I carved away! Good thing it was something
edible!

"Here Mom, try a taste"!

Deer Hunt 2008

Deer Camp on Anthro Mountain.

Daniel & Harley dressed in their hunter

orange ready to push the brush for a big

buck!

The Deer Hunt

As many of you wives can relate, I'm sure you'll agree with me 100% when I say I'm glad hunting season is finally at a close! Don't get me wrong, I enjoy hunting and all, but when it becomes a priority over everything else in our lives, it's gone a little too far! This year was Harley's first year to come hunting with us. She had a lot of fun getting dressed up in her orange and going for rides in the truck. She got to spend quite a bit of quality time with Grandma Diane and Grandma Jan while we would hunt on foot. We went camping on Anthro Mountain with Wayne, Jan, Dave and the boys for part of the hunt. We had a lot of fun, but unfortunatley didn't get a deer. Daniel kept us busy playing games when we weren't out hunting! We also spent a lot of time hunting in Bridgeland for the invincible "Catfish"! As I said earlier, we didn't get a deer which tells you that "Catfish" out-smarted us all once again. Josh shot a nice buck this year that Randy, Wayne an Daniel kicked out of the wash. We were all excited for him since it was his first year to hunt. We had a good time together this hunting season and enjoyed a lot of laughs, but thank heavens it's over!!!