Hunting Photos

Here are those photos from the hunting trip!

original camp site

Beautiful country!

Camp fire

cook out

lots of cows up there

mama bear with cubs (they moved into the bush b4 i could actually get a good shot)

grey fox 

Deer on the drive to Princeton (AND NOT IN THE BUSH!)

deer in town 

Tired after the trip...

the tired hunters return

sooooo

how did everyone sleep last night. I slept really great! Nice to have a warm bed after sleeping in the truck for two night while out hunting.

so yeah my dad, brother and myself left Thursday morning for a hunting trip. We had a good time, but unfortunately we did not get any deer... :(

We left at 5 Thursday morning and headed out on the highway! we stopped at Hope, and I drove from there up the coquihala to just b4 Merritt. We took the coldwater exit and drove through the bush around there for a bit b4 we headed farther east past brookmere to where we made camp. It was such beautiful country up there, and perfect for deer, but we saw absolutely nothing. Friday afternoon we called another guy that was going to meet us up where we were but we decided to meet him in princeton and go hunting from there. so we packed up and headed to the 5A and drove to princeton. you can just guess, we saw close to 50 deer on the drive down! We arrived in princeton a while b4 the other guy so we had supper at A&W. well anyway it was dark when they showed up, and to make a long story short, after a couple of plan changes we found ourselves an hour out of princeton in the middle of some back road in the dark no idea where we were and couldn't find where we wanted to be! so we just pulled over at the side of the road and went to sleep right there in the truck. the morning proved fruitless, and we didn't even see the simplest sign of deer up there. eventually we got back to where we "camped" there and figured out where we were on the map. we were way to far north for where all the deer "should" be, so we packed up again and drove all the way back to princeton and to a forestry road just south of the town. by this time it was after 2, so we didn't have a lot of time to hunt. we hunted around there a little bit, but again saw nothing. quarter after 5 we left for home. and it is a very good thing we made it home, cause I drove the whole way back! (I know, scary) took the number 3 to hope and onto the number 1 through chilliwack and to aldergrove and home. it was good practice (would be on the freeway on the rain at night). but anyway that was our trip for this year! we hope to get out another weekend day trip or two, so we still have a bit of hope for something. I'll post some pictures soon!

Early Signs of Autumn

Autumn's arrival has come to us,
a pivotal season in the year.
Links summer to winter, always does,
Tells us Christmas is coming near.

The cooler northern wind has come
and brings out all our warmer coats.
We know the season's just begun
when leaves down from the treetops float.

Red and yellow, orange and brown,
Trees transform before our eyes.
Pumpkins grow up from the ground,
What we need for pumpkin pies.

Friends and family celebrate,
thankful for how God has blessed.
All that turkey's really great,
but surely stuffing is the best.

Days get shorter, nights are longer,
morning frosting on the ground.
Mighty wind, ever stronger,
listen to his howling sound.

Autumn, Autumn, you are here,
just begun but soon to end.
Take each moment, make it dear.
Really, Autumn is our friend!

Leather weather

Just imagine this scene with not green leaves on the trees but a mix of yellow and red and orange!

Just saw this guy and wanted some pictures. He cooperated too!

Teen Conference

Just have to say a genuine "I am sorry" I did not take any pictures at the conference this weekend...... :(

BUT I STILL HAD A BLAST!!!

Have any of you ever been in a corn maze? Well I can now say that I have. And it was so much fun! Especially because my team won and got Starbucks gift cards!

The preaching was such an encouragement as well! The theme of the conference was "Fully Committed." Many Christians are just going through life not committed to Christ with our whole lives! We love the Lord with heart and soul but not our minds! We need to renew our minds daily and love Him with our minds. One thing Bro. Pauley mentioned: never does God mention our bodies. If we do what we need to as Christians in our spirit, the body will take care of itself!

I think the best message was about prayer. In order to be fully committed to Christ we need to have a good prayer life! I don't know about you, but I had a great time with God this morning. And I had a thought: It's not just when we have devotions that we are with God, He is with us the entire day!

I hope you are all doing well in your Christian lives. Remember to live for him, IT IS WORTH IT!

nothing really

So I thought I would do a post because I know some of you wanted me to post more, so I will do one just because so that I can say that I did a post.

What do I post about? Good question.......

Nothing much has been happening in my life in the last week or whatever it has been since my last post. I know, I live a boring life. zzzzzzzz

If you actually want an account of my past week..........


Today, I did school, and did some painting for a neighbour. Yesterday I did pretty much the same thing. Monday I did school and worked, Sunday was church, and it was just a normal Sunday *good that is*, Saturday I was sick and did nothing really, Friday was school and I did some ice hockey, Thursday was school and work again. Thursday was also my last post. So there you have it, my previous week! (you now are satisfied and will sleep better knowing all I did this week)


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But anyway, if you did not know it is now just under 3 MONTHS until Christmas! Just over 5 months till my birthday. and exactly 3 and a half hours till tomorrow!!!!!(which is another day of school and work) The weekend holds the joys of a teen conference though. We will probably be hunting the second week in October.


Now you know what I will be doing so you have a peace of mind that everything is a-ok.

And now that 5 minutes of your day have been wasted........!

Go ahead and enjoy the rest!!!