Gobble! Gobble!

Well it's that time of year again, when the turkeys start talking and we start stalking. We were lucky enough to be able to spend the weekend with our good friend Rick down south in hopes he could fill his turkey tag. We heard and saw a lot of turkeys but they weren't quite willing to leave their hens to come to us. We had what seemed like hurricane winds the full three days we were there so needless to say we didn't get much sleep but it's always worth it to escape the real world and get out camping. We also saw a couple of awesome looking houses that were built into the canyon rock wall. Kyle and I both have turkey tags in May so we will see how our hunts go. As you will notice I'm very much looking pregnant in these photos. By the way, Rick went back a week later and got a very nice turkey that we had previously labeled Sponge Bob No Beard.

Otter Creek

It's taken me awhile to post this great weekend we had with our friends Travis and Kristi at Otter Creek to do some fishing and hiking. We were able to troll in the boat for a couple of days and despite the wind it was fantastic. We each caught a few and I believe Kristi caught the most and the biggest. We each would have caught a dozen more but they'd hook up just fine but we were unable to get them to the boat. It was fun. We also spent one afternoon looking for horns but came up short except one spike horn that I found. It was nice to get out and excersice even though it just isn't as easy as it was now that I have a big tummy to lug around.

Its a.............

As you can see, she is absolutely adorable. That's right, I said she, we're having a girl!!! Everything in the ultrasound looked good and healthy and that made us very happy. In the ultrasound you can see her little body pretty well and the other one with her arms together. It's amazing to me to see how much she's already developed even though she still only 6-8 inches. Wow!!

The past few weeks

Luke is here! So we finally got to visit my sister Katie and her new baby boy, Luke. He was born on February 5th, weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. He is so tiny and so cute. We didn't get enough of him. It made us excited for our own but realized once again what a huge adjustment it is going to be. Luke has wonderful sisters who are always wanting to hold and kiss him. It was fun to be with them. Thanks Katie for letting us visit. While we were there we were able to glass for bulls and bucks on the mountain we love. We did see a big cow elk herd and quite a few deer, but not the big bull we were hoping to find. We stopped and rabbit hunted but with no success. All in all it was a great weekend and hope to get back soon. Here is the newest addition to the Cowley Family.



Spoiled Rotten. I tell ya, I have the most wonderful husband. While I just make him pancakes with strawberries made into hearts, he gets me this gorgeous bouquet of flowers. I'm very lucky and grateful for everything he does for me.




Recently we were able to celebrate my grandma's 80th birhday. Wow what a landmark, I think that is so cool. We had a very nice lunch in Bountiful called "Joyluck." It was fun and we got to spend some time with the family. I didn't take many pictures but here are a few. Happy Birthday, Grandma.

Happy New Year!

We started off the year by going ice fishing. It was a beautiful day and we did rather well. Our good friend Travis came along and we had a great time. Between the three of us we caught 14 fish. Kyle and Travis both caught 6, while I only caught 2 (but in my defense may I add, that they were fishing with two poles to my one pole). I was able to catch a picture of a fish Kyle caught coming out of the hole, it was pretty cool. It was a lot of fun despite the moaning and cracking of the ice that we heard while being on it, kind of gave you a weird sensation. We hope you all had a great new years as well.

Unexpected Weekend - Good and Bad

So first of all, my camera has died. I know I can blog without pictures but pictures always make it more fun. We had an unlucky turn of events this last weekend. Friday morning I woke up with a huge pulsing pain in my abdomen. It was so bad that I called in a substitute to work for me (which, if any of you know me well, I avoid that at all costs, so it must of been bad). I woke Kyle up and he knew something was wrong. I finally was convinced that I needed to go to the instacare and was lucky enough to be one of the first patients in, which in itself is pretty amazing. So here is the good news that we weren't planning on telling til after the holidays but everyone knows now, so I thought I might as well blog it. Kyle and I are expecting. We are so excited. However with the pain I was having ,the instacare doctor thought that it might be an eptopic pregnancy and I was sent to my OB instantly. I hadn't even been in for my first appointment yet because we're only 7 weeks along but they did an ultrasound and the good news was that it wasn't eptopic but the baby was right were it was supposed to be. We even got to see the heart flutter. The ultrasound did show that my left ovary was huge, and that was what was causing the pain. I had a tumor like thing growing inside of my ovary which the doctors suspected has been there since birth but hasn't bothered me until now because my uterus started growing, due to the pregnancy, it pushed the ovary and it turned and twisted on itself causing the blood flow to the ovary to stop, hence the pain. They immediatley sent me to surgery in hopes they could save the ovary. They tried to untwist the ovary with a scope but in the end, they had to open me up, take out the ovary and take out the tumor like growth. Now you may wonder what was in it, since I've had it since birth and Kyle likes to think it was my mutant twin, because the tumor was full of hair, teeth, and other wierd like substances. Who knows what it really was but the mutant twin idea is fun to think about. I was in surgery for 4 hours and stayed overnight in the hospital. I was finally able to go home saturday night and I have had the best support. Visits from our families, flowers, etc. Kyle has been great is taking great care of me, also his mom and mine were able to stay with me for the past couple of days so he could go back to work. I'm still pretty sore, but I can move around now a little bit so I've been blessed. So there you go, We're pregnant and excited and we figured we will be due in July. There's a mouthful of our unexpected weekend.

Two Awesome Hunts

We had the opportunity to go on two great hunts last week. We took off work and headed for the mountains for 9 straight days. Our adventure started in Idaho, where Kyle and his friend Rick had deer tags for the general season. Of course right before we left it snowed like crazy and there was a foot of snow where we were at. We worked hard finding a big buck by hiking through the snow, glassing, and freezing our tushies off, but the big buck could not be found. We saw a lot of smaller deer, elk and moose. We also saw a lot of amazing country and beautiful sunsets. Although we weren't successful in the deer category it was an awesome trip and I am so lucky to have a hubby who enjoys being in the mountains as much as I do.










From Idaho, we went to Morgan to spend a day or two with the fam, my sisters and their families also joined in on the adventure. My dad and I both had deer tags for the Utah general season. We talked and played games the day before the hunt and it was a lot of fun just hanging out and playing with my nieces. Saturday morning came, and Dad, Kyle and I set off. We didn't see much in the beginning, then around 11 a.m. we saw some bucks get bedded down in some cedar trees about 1200 yards away. We knew there was a pretty nice four point in the group so Kyle and I decided to move in for a closer shot. We left Dad on the mountain to watch and make sure they didn't move. We were able to get within 320 yards where I was able to get a shot. One shot was all it took and he went down. As we got closer, we realized it was bigger than we had originally thought because of its masive head and body size. I was so excited because I had never got a "big" buck before and it was amazing to be able to share this experience with my husband and my dad close by. Dad and I have always been hunting buddies so I was glad he was there for my first Big Buck. He was a 4 point with a 26 inch spread. As you can see we had a great time on
both trips. We were only sad that we had to come back to the real world where our jobs awaited us.