Turkey Hunting Time

Its that time of year again, where those Turkeys, er I mean Hunters, get to try and shoot a wild turkey!  It began at 4:30 a.m. early Thursday morning this past week. And yes even me, the rapidly growing pregnant mama made it out that early too!

Hadley, the veteran turkey hunter was all smiles.  Especially when I was quietly reading our current book, Where the Red Fern Grows.

Piper surprisingly popped right out of bed that morning too, with all of her blond hair a flying!  She was not about to wear that crazy black head gator that Hadley, Kyle & I donned.  While she was a trooper, her experience was drastically improved when Daddy pulled out her blankie and she could suck her thumb quietly :).

I'll have to admit, despite the early hour, there was something pretty special about seeing the morning sun come dancing across their expectant little faces. And equally amazing to see how silent & still they could suddenly be when a hen walked right up to our ground blind!

See, I really was there.

The rest of the hunters arrived later that evening; Sydney, Hayden, Jim, & Kraig, and they set up 'camp' at our house for the remainder of the weekend.  They were up late preparing each night & then up early to hunt each morning, but seemingly had a great time together.  The two birds above are ones that Kyle shot on their last day of hunting.

And while the hunters were out, we did a little 'girly' shopping (picking out glasses & summer jammies) and spent time at Irvine Park with good buddies Jack & Ty.