A Hunting We Will Go.........

The day after Thanksgiving, the Pearson/Peterson group enjoyed the closing weekend of hunting. The second weekend of November, we celebrated our third annual trip and now have added the weekend after Thanksgiving to our plates. Several birds were acquired, (including one for Karen....yahoo!!) giving each family a nice take of pheasant and goose meat. The children kept feathers for their collections. Katy and Davy are the most interested at this point, spending many hours walking the filter strips and loving every minute of it! Katy has decided that when she turns sixteen, she wants a pick-up truck so that she can carry her hunting equipment to the farm. Two more years, and she will be "legal" to take her gun safety/training classes. The littler kids are just starting to get excited about the prospect of hunting as well. Even our little Henry is taking part. We think he is a little boy with the heart and soul of a big, black lab! He followed Onyx (David and Karen's VERY large black lab) around the fields for hours. He barked and scared up some birds, but found it difficult to bust through the brush that Onyx was navigating. Stephanie spent a great deal of time on the couch nursing her back with rest and Vicodin. She did, however, finish all of our Christmas cards. The evenings are generally spent playing several hands of Texas Hold 'Em. Stephanie was the big winner Friday night, and David was the big winner on Saturday night. Everyone is excited to participate and continue in this wonderful tradition for many years to come!