The Hunting Times

From time immemorial, it has been the custom at Boppum Barb's and Pa Jerry's that BEFORE anyone could open Christmas gifts, you had to line up on the stairs and get a picture taken.  As an adult, I can see the value of capturing those memories on film (or digital media today).  You can look back through the years and see how everyone has changed.  However, as a kid, this was pure TORTURE.  I cannot imagine a worse fate than waiting ONE MORE MINUTE to tear into those gifts. So, we have taken to doing the same thing in the household of Craig & Sandy - but with a twist.  We "theme" our stair pictures.  In the past we've done Thugs, Guns, and Alcohol.  Here is this year's version. Full Camo Stair Picture Christmas 2013 And for the record, if we add any more generations to the family tree OR our butts get any bigger, we might have to modify how we take pictures at Mom & Dad's.....just sayin' those stairs ain't gonna hold us all!

To end 2013 and bring in 2014, Davey, Jeff Garriott and I went out to hunt the ole bunny, rabbit, hare, cottontail.  It was a brisk Dec 31, 2013, and by brisk I mean 12 degrees F with a light wind at 8:00 am.  A light, very light, dusting of snow was on the ground. We loaded up and headed for Marshall's N farm.  Dave carried his 16 ga.  I took the youth model 20 ga. And Jeff, our dog for the day, carried a 22 long rifle (his daughter's new gun she got for Christmas - Shhh, she does not know). We tromped the bottoms and Dave picked off two from the brush in the N.  We cut up to the killing finger and Jeff shot two with his .22 - all shots were one-shot-kills and those two are batting 1,000!  The wind started to pick up a bit, so we headed back to the truck. The "haul" from Marshall's N farm.  Jeff & Dave with 2 apiece. The "heads up" picture for Re-Phil.  Makes you look taller! We then headed for Marshall's S farm and drove