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Hunting adventures!🌄

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This past couple weeks, Mikal has been hunting non-stop! He has been out almost every morning and almost every evening. He LOVES hunting. (that is an understatement) He LIVES for hunting season every year. He is like a little boy at Christmas. He goes out and just loves to see all the animals and explore the mountains and desert! He saw so many deer (does) and quite a few bull moose! He even got to see two of them fighting. He thought that was pretty neat! I was able to go out with him a few times and was never able to get a chance to have an open shot on anything. Mikal on the other hand, was able to shoot this guy! He was pretty happy to be able to get him and bring some meat home for us! We love jerky! Mikal did a lot of hiking and walking during these past couple weeks. I bet he hiked over 100 miles! Mikal loves the mountains so much that we often take drives up there to explore and see new places. We took a drive last Sunday and got to see the pretty fall colors again and t...

Harvest time

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This past week, Mikal and I were able to go back to Washington and visit the family farm. We got to help with apple harvest and eat fresh apples off the trees! I love me a cold, crisp apple! It was so nice to get away and take walks in the morning with Sage and be out on the farm. She sure is growing up fast! She loves to be at the farm since she can wander anywhere she pleases, but stays close enough that when we call, she comes running back. Such a good pup she is! She loves hunting bunnies we found out and she was so excited she was prancing around with this bunny in her mouth! Mikal also went down to the river a couple times with my dad to go salmon fishing. That is his favorite thing to do while we are there. He sure does miss fishing and working with my dad a lot! I helped with apple harvest by leveling the bins. It was so great to be able to do actual labor work instead of sitting at a desk! I went out to visit my old stomping grounds (potato harvest) and loved visiting...