Horse back riding fun!

Chad unloading Bounce from the trailer
Brett brushing Leo
Kemp and Bounce. Notice the knots in her main, Emily got all those out, wich was pretty amazing cause they were bad.

Andie just watched all the riding, she was a little tired, and grumpy. Grandma Sharon helped us with her while we did stuff with the horses.

Eli riding Leo bareback, what a stud

Brett on Leo bareback. You are a stud too Smitty!

Me and Bounce, can you tell I am excited to be riding again?!

Chad has not wanted to ride a horse for years, he really likes Bounce. This was before he put his helmet on, wich is a good rule they have out there.

Kemper riding Aiden (Emily's mini-horse) Carlene, Bretts mom led him around.

Today was such a great day. I finally went riding again. I haven't ridden since Kemp was a baby, I actually used to have a horse, we sold him cause I never had time to ride. Chad's parents have horses, and Emily, Chads sister does too. Chad and Brett took Bounce and Aiden with them hunting last weekend and Chad really likes Bounce and wanted me to ride her. He loved Aiden too, but I can't ride a miniature horse :) So we decided its crazy we have access to all these great horses and we never ride. We went out to Brett's parents place, wich is amazing by the way. And it was so nice of them to let us come and use their indoor arena. We took Emily's other horse Leo too, Brett rode him. Emily is pregnant, she was frustrated to have Leo out there and she couldn't ride. Emily is an amazing rider, she has taught me almost everything I know. Wich isn't much!! And I plan on having her teach me alot more this spring when we can ride all the time. It was great to ride, and remember how much I love it. And Kemper had so much fun. I am not letting years go by without riding, ever again.

My last Halloween post, till next year anyways!

Andie and Kemper before heading out to trick-or-treat
My sister and her girls Emmerson, and Charlie. (At my mom's house)

My dad, with a weird hat on, not sure about that one. When Kemper came to his door he had no idea it was his grandson, till he started to walk in asking for Grandma

Kemper singing one of the Halloween songs he learned at Preschool, with his classmates

Half of Kempers Preschool class, the others got cut off! Skeleton's seemed to be popular this year. Great, I hope Kemp isn't already following the latest trend.

Another Halloween over, we have way too much candy, and I am sure I will gain some weight as a result. The kids had so much fun, and we loved it too. Kemp had a sleepover with his cousin Jake. Kemper asked Chad this morning how many days till next Halloween.

Just a few more days.....vote!!

I don't usually get too political on my blog. I leave that for the experts (like you Brooke :)) but this election is so huge, and my close friends know I have STRONG opinions when it comes to politics. I am the daughter of a Marine, and retired Luetenant Colonel, its practially in my blood! Anyway I am less than satisfied with both candidates, but I feel like one is definatly worse, and in my humble opinion, more dangerous for our country than the other. I think regardless of everyones choice, the greatest thing we can do is get really educated on the issues and where both canidates stand, and where you stand for that matter, and go and vote. Our right to vote is one of the many things I love about this incredible country of America.

More Halloween fun!

Carving pumpkins for family night
Kemper helped put the seeds into a bowl, so we can bake them

We carve up our pumkin faces Old School style

So proud of his pumpkins

What a great lookin group. This is almost all of my nieces and nephews on the Hessing side. They had just bobbed for apples

Sharon, (mom in law) Jennie, and Claire (JR's girlfriend)

Dixie and Zach. Dixie bought the same witch's costume as me, unknowingly. We both have good taste!

The girls!! The little cheerleader on the end is a friend of theirs that came for the party.

Jake and Kemper, with Andie while they watched the boys play Wii.

Halloween party #1, and Boo at the Zoo. The Halloween fun has begun!!

Almost the whole group, Kip and Amy had to leave early
Sommers, Jessica, Amy, Me, Emily, Alicia
Mark and Michelle, the 80's rock!

Some Rock Band of course

Kip, trying hard to sing

Alicia and Tom. Alicia won best costume, she isn't really pregnant, we all kept forgetting that it looked so real.

My angel of death, and me

Trick-or-Treating at Zoo Boise. Not our best family photo!

Eli and Kemer, ready to go get some candy

Eli, Halle, and Hudson in the back

My little monkey, she wanted to crawl everywhere. I can't wait till she is walking!

My scary skeleton boy

She really pulls off the whole monkey thing I think

Loving her candy

We have had a fun couple of days, and we are just getting started! I just love Halloween, its so fun to see Kemper get so into the wholething, Andie loved her Monkey costume too. We had friends over for an Adult Halloween bash, with food and games. We are having a kid Halloween party at our house tonight, and it will be awesome too. I wonder if Kemp will be sick of Halloween by the time it actually gets here? Yeah right. I will be sick of the sugar high he is going to be on though.

The boys on their hunting trip

Chad, bro- in laws Chris, JR, (hoding Jake) and Zach (holding Kemper)
Kemper ran into a tree and got the big scrape on the side of his face.....sad

Chad with his HUGE (not so much) buck. Kemper was the one who saw it and begged Chad to shoot it! Should that worry me? Iam not sure yet.

Kemp and Grandpa Bruce

Zach and Bruce

Cousins, and best buds Jake, and Kemper

The boys around the fire, talking politics I'm sure :) I love how Chris is asleep.

Kemper in his hunter orange.

I love my two dirty lookin boys

They go every year for a whole week, this is Kemper's secong year going. Chad say's Kemper didn't stop running from morning till he hit the pillow at night. He even ran right into a tree, so that is not an exageration. Chad was the only one who shot a deer, sadly. And he wanted to shoot it so Kemp would have the experience. Its crazy,Kemp will cry hysterically for a sad dog or stuffed animal, but he is thrilled with hunting. He came home and told me "Mom we killed a boy deer, the mommy deer, and baby deer don't like him anymore. So its okay, they won't miss him" I start to laugh, and ask him how he knows they didn't like him anymore. He thinks for a minute, and says "hmm, I don't actually know" Chad walks over and tells me he let Kemper know that deer families are different then our human families, I am thinking to myself, what happens if you shoot a doe one year. Kemp does love Bambi. Anyway, next year I will let Chad deal with that one!

Missin my little man

Kemper ate this whole strawberry pastry

Kemper waiting for his balloon creation
Kemper the warrior!

Kemp and I at the fountain downtown

My little boy has been gone hunting with Chad for a couple days now, my house is eerily quiet. I came across some pictures of him at the downtown market that I never posted. The pictures made me smile, so I decided to post them. Jessica was with us, she took these pictures with her amazing new camera. She is gonna be a great photographer, it was nice of her to send them to me.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Charlie, my niece and Andie

Yesterday was my mom's B-day. She would not want me to reveal her correct age, lets just say she is still in the prime of her life. Not only is she the greatest mother, she is also the greatest Grandma too. I am so lucky to have such a carring, funny, devoted, spiritual, honest, happy person in my life. She has no idea just how amazing she is, someday I hope she can realize that. My kids adore her, and she is always so willing and happy to babysit. So thanks Mom, for always being there for me, you are a best friend too, and the best shopping partner! I love ya!

Tagged twice, so here goes!

1. I have night terrors almost everynight, most nights they are small, I have embarressed myself many times though, just ask Chad, and close friends and family.
2. I had a pet cemetary when I was in Grade school, I would even scrape up roadkill and bury it cause I felt bad for the animal. Beyond gross, I know.
3. I am also confessing a belly peircing in my crazy youth years, and I had 3 or 4 peircings on each ear. Glad that phase is over.
4. I didn't have my first real kiss (ya know, french) till I was a junior in High School, I have since gotten my fair share of kissing in :)
5. I believe in BigFoot.
6. For a few months in college I lived on Vashon Island, (by seattle) and me and a few awesome roomies went down to where the ferries come, it was late so we thought we were alone, and we undressed to just our bra and underwear and jumped into the water. A security guard came and told us to leave. At least we weren't naked!
7. I used to be completely obsessed with the X-files, oh and Mariah Carey.

I tag, Emily M, Brooke, Kristen, Stephanie, Jessica, Ashley, and Shalie.