No Elk at the End

Nate went on an elk hunt this year starting the day after Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately he didn't see an elk the ENTIRE time he went hunting...and he went out EVERY day of his hunt!!

He did however have an excellent time despite no elk meat at the end of it. He was able to spend four of the days with our oldest son Caleb and had some great father son bonding time.

He also had a day that his Dad came out with him and a day his friend Brian was able to come.  

He said he enjoyed being out in nature and spending time in Gods creation.

He even enjoyed the cows that kept getting in his way!! :-)

He saw lots of them as well as many deer, coyotes and even a turkey, but not an Elk in sight...oh well, maybe next time!

Happy Anniversary!!

Here is my husband and I when we were first dating many years ago.

And one of us on our wedding day!

Here is us just a few weeks ago!

Today we celebrate our 5th Anniversary together. It is amazing to see all the awesome things God has done in our lives these last five years. I am so blessed!

 Thanks Nate for being the best husband and father and for putting up with me and all my ways these last 5 years! I love waking up to you each morning and am excited to see what God does in our lives in the next 5 years and all the years to come after that!

A Birthday Party

We celebrated Nate's birthday this week.

We did things a little different this year. Normally we have a small party with a few friends, but mostly family, including brothers and sisters, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and whatever family might be in town at the time. 

This year Nate decided to do a BBQ with some of our good friends!

It was a fun evening of food and fellowship. The kids had fun playing in the backyard together.

The "men folk" did a great job with the grilling! Look at how focused they all are! :)

Everyone brought something yummy to share. Our awesome friend Melanie made this delicious Texas sheet cake and provided the cool birthday candles!

We all sang happy birthday to Nate.

And we even got the guys to pose for some pictures together!

Even with 13 kids running around crazy it turned out to be a really fun evening! The food was great and the time with friends even better!

Thanks friends for making Nate's birthday extra special this year!

Happy Birthday Nate!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband Nate!! I Love You Babe!!!

The Story of The "Anginator"

Many of you who know me well know that I have this nickname...



I was given this nickname many years ago when I was working as a youth leader for the youth group at our church. One of the other youth leaders came up with it. I'm not even sure who it was or exactly why I received this nickname (I don't think I was acting like the terminator, but I WAS spending most of my free time with junior high and high schoolers, so who knows) but it stuck, and I still have this nickname today mostly because of the license plate above!

This license plate was given to me by a friend for my 23rd birthday. This friend was very sneaky and even went to the MVD and arranged it all and paid the special fee and I got this in the mail and it has been on my vehicle ever since.

Some people think that "Anginator" has something to do with Nate and I as a couple. Probably due to this...



But we both had these nicknames all to ourselves long before we were even dating. But it is pretty cool that "Anginator" sounds like it combines both our names. Like Ang 'n' Nate(r). Get it? Well for those of you who wondered about the story of The Anginator....there you go!