Cody's Buck!

Some of you know that Cody drew out on a limited entry deer tag this year after putting in for it for 10 years. The area he hunted is called The Crawfords and is up above Randolph but in Wyoming. I don't think I've ever seen him so excited over anything. Well, except for maybe his daughter. He took 2 weeks off work and planned on spending all that time up there searching for the "Perfect" deer. He left last Friday and I expected him to be gone until the night before Thanksgiving and then up and gone again the day after. Well, Sunday night I received a phone call from his sister. Her husband was up there with him and she proceeded to tell me about this huge buck Cody had shot. To be honest, she kinda ruined it for me...I wanted so bad to hear about it firsthand from Cody, but oh well. When he finally did call me, it was so awesome to hear the excitement in his voice. He was ECSTATIC! I honestly don't "get" the camping in O degree weather, crawling around in the trees and mud tracking an animal, no water in the trailer which means no toilet, WELL, I don't get any of it. What I do "get", however is my husband's passion for hunting and as I was listening to him describe the events leading up to him shooting his deer and how big it was (it's a 5 by 6 and 28 1/2 inches wide) and all the details, I wished I was there. There were 6 or 7 guys up there with him and every one of them saw him shoot that deer and I wish I could've been there too! So, his 2 week hunting vacation ended up only being 3 days, but he is very satisfied and pleased with his choice of kill. Good job honey, I'm excited for you!

Cody, Curtis and THE DEER

Brad and Keaton Mills


Yes, that is it's tongue sticking out!

Maycie was touching the deer's nose (GROSS!) and when Cody asked her if it was a big buck, she nodded her head yes!

A Recipe...It's been awhile

I haven't posted a recipe for awhile, so I thought I would post one you all might like to try for Thanksgiving. I just barely came across this recipe last week when I was trying to decide what to take to my nephew's mission homecoming. I hadn't ever tried it before, and I was really worried that noone would like it, but they actually turned out really good. It's a nice variation from the traditional pumpkin pie, especially if you don't like to make pie crust.

Pumpkin Pie Bars

1 1/2 C. plus 1 Tbsp. Flour, divided
1 C. finely chopped nuts ( I used walnuts, but my sister tried it and used pecans)
1/2 C. Sugar
1/2 C. Brown Sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon, divided
3/4 C. butter, melted
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin (2 cups)
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine 1 1/2 C. Flour, nuts, sugars, and 1 tsp. of cinnamon. Add butter. Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 1/4 C. of mixture. Pat remaining mixture on bottom of ungreased 9x13 pan.
Combine pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, remaining 1 tsp. cinnamon, allspice and salt. Pour over crust. Mix reserved crumb mixture with remaining 1 Tbsp. flour. Sprinkle over top of pumpkin mixture. Bake 30-35 mins or until set. Cool 10 mins. before cutting into bars. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

TWILIGHT!!!

I went to the 12:01 a.m showing of "Twilight" last night and had such a blast! It was quite a event! I had to go to the theater on my lunch and get wristbands to hold our place in line. Then, we had to be back at the theater at 9:00 p.m. At 10:00, they let us into the theater, where we sat for 2 hours until it started at 12:01. I went with some girls from work, my friend Liza, my nieces, Amber and Chezli, and my sisters, Jan and Michelle. As we sat there waiting for the movie to start, my body was telling me that I wasn't going to make it and would probably end up sleeping through some if not all of the movie. Well, I DID IT! I stayed awake through the whole thing! It was an amazing movie and I can't wait to see it again! Thanks Liza for being such a sport and staying up until 2:45 a.m. with me! It was so much fun!

An update on my ticker!

I finally had the appointment for the stress echocardiogram on Tuesday, and it was actually quite frustrating. They started the appt by doing another regular echo, after which the tech said he would go get the Dr to come do the stress part and be right back. WELL, over an hour later, he finally came in the room with a Dr I had never seen before. That guy proceeded to tell me that my Dr was quite busy and he had asked this guy to fill in for him and see me. I was FURIOUS!!! So, not only did I have to wait for 6 weeks for this appt, but then I didn't even see my doctor. I did the stress part which was just walking on a treadmill for 5 minutes and then they did another echo immediately after and compared them. I also told the tech and the doctor that I had my 24 hour holter monitor done over a month ago and hadn't been able to get anyone from the office to call me back with the results. This Dr. was very understanding, looked over my chart and answered all my questions. There is a malfunction with the "electrical" part of my heart and it kindof short circuits which is what causes my heart to race. The only options for treatment is the beta blockers which I don't want to take while I'm pregnant, but he did say I could start taking them again but to hold off for as long as I can. I won't be taking them...I'm not taking the chance on having them hurt my baby. The other option is cardiac ablation, which I can't have done until after I have the baby. My symptoms are probably going to get quite a bit worse as the pregnancy progresses, and I'll just have to deal with it.
So, that's where I'm at right now. Not really "new" news, just an update. Thanks again for all the love and concern!

5 more days!

Yay, The Twilight movie comes out on Friday!! Well, at midnight Thursday night, however you want to look at it. I already have my tickets for the midnight showing and I am so excited. I'm not sure how my body is going to like being up that late, but it's one day, right??? Liza, did you still want to come with me??? ANYONE ELSE GOING???