Well, Matt was lucky enough to get a doe tag as well this year. Woo hoo!
After he cared for Oscar, he went back out to help the other hunters in their quest. I finally sent him a text to see WHEN he was going to be home. The reply :as soon as I get my doe out of the woods. I thought he was pulling my leg, but no, soon after he showed up with "Patricia". (named by my lovely children). Patricia is (was) "beautiful" The difference between Oscar and Patricia, according to Shelby are: O has antlers and P does not. and P has beautiful eyelashes. O does not. (She looked close, so she knows.)
(and there are no pictures because, apparently, you dont photo a doe!)
Matt spent hours outside skinning and hanging the deer out in the shed (glad we bought that!) Finally, when I thought he was getting ready to bring in the best of the fresh meat for us to consume, he said, I think we should just get pizza tonight. I'm tired and it will be a while before I can come in. DONE! I was on the phone ordering in a flash!
And my sweet hunter hubby had yesterday off too, so he got all of Oscar cut up and most of Patricia before we got home from school. He spared me from the complete grossness of cutting. And I think I love him once again!
We did have the back straps for dinner last night. We originally told Colesy it was chicken (every meat in her world is...) and she looked around the kitchen and said, its deer, isnt it? well, yep. She liked it. Shelby liked it. I even ate it. The girls and Matt have the left overs for lunch today. I think I ay just run out and get a burrito or something!
Anyone wanna come for dinner? We got the freezer full of meat.
The offer stands. Permanently.
So, here we have me, Naomi, and Laurie Nagel. On the back packing trip mom took us girls on. We even have whistles that match our outfits. Good to see we have outgrown our dorkiness! 
Here we are, Christmas morning. I've got a touch of a stomach bug, but otherwise, we're all good. Shelby had to memorize Luke 2:8-14 for Bible class, so she quoted that for us during the reading of the Christmas story. She did so good! 
Shelby, Colesy and Papa picking on each other. Nut cases, one and all!
I must have been really excited! All the pictures I took were a little blurry! (Maybe it was the retarded camera, and not the operator!) Anyhow, the girls were excited to dress up and wear their Christmas dresses from Grammy. They did really good at the concert too.
So, I'm not sure that you can read this, even if it was rotated correctly and I honestly have TRIED... anyhow, here it is spelling has not been corrected.
Notice how Colesy is posed to jump out of the truck bed as quickly as possible - in case he "moves"
Matt shot a nice 7 point this morning. I say nice because he was excited about it. I'm not excited. I HATE deer. They stink and taste bad. Matt thinks I want to cut it up. I dont. It is bloody and gross. and a deer for cryin out loud. Shelby is intrigued by it. She says it is cool and a little disgusting. Colesy is MuCH more like me. She is revolted. :) I'm glad I have at least one of them trained right!
