Weekend Plans- Deer Hunting Opener Up North

Yes, I hunt. I am a hippie who likes to go deer hunting- I am a very complex girl. Actually my whole family goes deer hunting including: my mom, dad, brother, grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins and husband. Every year my mom and dad host opener up at there place in Barnum. It is lots of fun family time, filled with spirited competition about who will get the first and biggest deer. I actually just went hunting myself for the first time last year, until then I had always just gone out and sat with my grandpa in his comfy shack where he sits in warm luxury while the other hunters freeze their hinnies off sitting 12 feet up in a tree. Now I am one of those stooges who are decked out in blaze orange with a frozen bum.

I have been prepping all week (by prepping I mean mainly sitting on my couch/playing with Tanner thinking about how much stuff I have to pack/cook). This morning, the van is ready to get packed (Paul's job since I do EVERYTHING else) and we are ready to hit the road with all the rest of the MN hunters. Wish me luck!! I hope I have good news to report on Monday when I get back!

Halloween and Hunting season

So for Halloween none of our friends really had any grand plans so I decided that the Nyquist's would host a little shindig at our place! It turned out awesome :) Everyone stopped by and had awesome costumes!! Sadie adn Mike took the prize with Beatlejuice adn Lydia though. I have a group pic of everyone above. We ended up going to Mayslacks (13 piled into our new mini van) and drinking and dancing. (Orange Whip was the name of the band...They were awesome!!) It was tons of fun!!

Last weekend was opening hunting. We went up to my parents place in Barnum MN. THey have 80 acres and plenty of deer running around up there. Paul didn't get anything but my cousing Brandyn shot his first buck and my dad got a doe. I went out and sat in the stand with my mom. It was relaxing. We didn't see anything but it was fun walking out in the woods and all that.

Paul is going out of town to hunt with his dad and grandpa up at there hunting shack in northern MN this weekend so I am having a girls weekend!! We are doing doing wedding stuff. Ash and Dan July '09 and Malinda and Jeff Sept '09!!! FUN STUFF!!