Obviously, no one in this family is faint of heart... so I have no problem posting these pictures.
Gary and the Cow-elk
The kill shot, great is it not?
Gary's friend Mike working on quartering it. They tried to get the whole thing down but there was too much snow, too wet.
Getting it ready for processing. My brother Lincoln was visiting us... good thing he was curious about it all since we had to take care of it whether he was there or not. Hong Kong did him some good. :) I was curious enough I used Gary's Wyoming knife to cut some of the fur off. I just had to know what it felt like... but then the smell got to me and I had to go back inside.
Gary's scope bruise.
...and second. If you don't know the story... call and ask Gary.
How buried the Spike was when they found it Friday. Thank goodness for Mike's GPS.
This may look like a trophy shot, but believe me he's not bragging about it.
Proof for the Fish and Game officer... did you know they are actually LAW enforcement officers? I did not.
Pretty view from where they were.
I was down at civilization level and got some cool shots of them up on the mountain though Mike's scope... but alas... they are obliterated with my memory card as well as our Christmas and my sister's wedding. We had a good Christmas though... and the best news? That elk brought in 109 lbs of elk burger. And probably about 11 lbs of Steak and 5 lbs of stewmeat.
Zub Ready for church
Zee reading with Dad
BoBo and Ojo watch tunes 
Bubbers lets me know how he feels about me taking his binki away... we are trying to break the habit... trying.
The kill shot, great is it not?
Gary's friend Mike working on quartering it. They tried to get the whole thing down but there was too much snow, too wet. 
Getting it ready for processing. My brother Lincoln was visiting us... good thing he was curious about it all since we had to take care of it whether he was there or not. Hong Kong did him some good. :) I was curious enough I used Gary's Wyoming knife to cut some of the fur off. I just had to know what it felt like... but then the smell got to me and I had to go back inside.
Gary's scope bruise.
...and second. If you don't know the story... call and ask Gary.
This may look like a trophy shot, but believe me he's not bragging about it.
Proof for the Fish and Game officer... did you know they are actually LAW enforcement officers? I did not. 
Pretty view from where they were.
I was down at civilization level and got some cool shots of them up on the mountain though Mike's scope... but alas... they are obliterated with my memory card as well as our Christmas and my sister's wedding. We had a good Christmas though... and the best news? That elk brought in 109 lbs of elk burger. And probably about 11 lbs of Steak and 5 lbs of stewmeat.
Last night Gary and I went on a ride on Mom and Dad's new motorcycle. Honda Venture I believe. It's a nice ride. Mom and Dad have all the necessary leathers too. Which was good because it was a pretty cold evening. I really like the head set thing, that would be nice on Gary's bike. After we got it working we didn't have any problems with the passenger headset which is said to short out at times. Then of course Olea had to ride. Her little body topped of with the helmet was too cute. 
My little alien. 
I love that she has an adventurous spirit.
Danny was gone last night picking up the kids. Gary and Dad worked on the house Danny will be moving into. Mom and I had fun chilling, eating chocolate and knitting and crocheting. While Zurich and Olea played and Ross wandered or sorted cards.
But he still tolerated it pretty well, and had some water time. Gary and Dad enjoyed dumping each other off the log most of the time. Olea found a little friend (hard to do since there were a total of 4 other people in the pool while we were there), a girl about her age who she played in the kid area with for a while. Blurry but kinda a fun picture anyway.
Olea even got on the log, for a bit. She definitely did better, staying on it longer than Gary or George.... she had plenty of stabilizers though. :)
