Off To The Wonderful World of Mother's!!

Well it's off to Yakivegas for the whole weekend. Our Mother's are requesting our presence. What fun we will have,LOL.. Well anyway I hope the river is down. My Mom said her tulips are up, and my Mother-in law said her crocus and tulips are up. Both have new rose bushes to be planted. Then my Dad and Step Mom are BBQing for my birthday ( a little late) sounds like good eats. Today was 73 and sunny!! I Love this weather. My rose bushes have leaves, as do my lilacs, and fruit tree's. We'll have plenty for jelly, canning and eating!! Everything is growing so fast. It has been warm and has rained a lot this week. Mr. Sun has come just in time for the weekend. I'll be back home Monday afternoon.
To who wanted to know about the song Seventy Times Seven, yes I have it, and a few other's by White Heart.
To who wanted to know my bow poundage, it's 46. and my arrows are Easton Epics 500's. I hope that helps.
Well I must go it's bed time. B4N Sandy...

What A Weekend!!

Well, as we passed thru Yakima this past weekend, we encountered water over the highway, you see they have been under flood warnings for quite a while. The river that was even with the highway was now on the highway in more places than one.
The Archery Shoot was 7 miles past White Swan, up near Fort Simcoe State Park, where my GREAT Grandfather was born. It was awesome to walk where ancestors walked in the 1800's and early 1900's. I walked there as I was growing up with my Grandfather on several occassions and fished in the Agency River with my Grandmother.
The Shoot was just before the park, on private property, each section has 3-D targets of vast and various kinds of animals, even a graped ape. Section 1 had 15 targets, as did section 3, section 2 had 10 targets, 40 in all. There are 2 days to a 3D archery shoot. That means you shoot 80 targets in a weekend. You keep a score card that they give you at registration on both days. At the end of the weekend when you are finished, you turn in your score cards for both days, but they have to be in by 2:30 P.M. on Sunday to get on the Trophy Board.
My husband came in 4th in the mens Hunter class, I came in 5th. in the womens Hunter class. There are 4 classes, hunter, freestyle,tradional and pro.
Ashley came in at 3rd. place in the Young Ladies Youth Hunter class, and John came in 2nd. in the Young Men's Youth Hunter Class. They have cub, Jr., Youth and Adult. Congrat's to Ashley and John, good job. The difference betweens the groups is the yardage stakes, you shoot at your stake by color that goes with your group, adult stakes are orange, youth is white, and so on. The adult stakes are farthest from the target and the cubs are closest. There was a total of 400 people at this shoot.
The targets are set up 45-55 yard's from each other for safety, you walk from target to target till finished, so you could walk 3 miles or more per day. They have 15 set up on a rockey hillside in the 7 foot sagebrush&down thru the creek, 10 set up in the scrub oak trees and 15 out in the open 2 foot sage. And yes we saw 1 rattlesnake. Now we are safely home and ready for bed. We have another shoot on April 14 & 15, again May 5 & 6. Then starts the summer shoots. Well I can see my hubby is ready for bed. B4N Sandy...

Tossing Arrows

Well I've been out all week shooting my bow at my "rut buck" target. I can hit a heart shot at 20, 30, and 40 yards, and a double lung at 50 yards. I can also shoot a heart shot at 50 yards, but better at double lunging it. The kids have been out practicing too, but not as much. So tomorrow starts the big weekend, off to the Yakima Valley we go. Get out of the big city for a while. We don't live in the downtown metro area, we live out in the country, but the driving can get crazy anyway. The shoot last's all weekend, with a BBQ all thru out the day, with prizes and fun for everyone. So off I go with my trusty Parker Bow, Quiver, and Hip Quiver full of arrows, my GPS(for fun), my rangefinder, because 1st. day you guess, 2nd. day you can range, my MP-3 for tunes, and back pack for snackage. So wish me well . I'll be home Monday...B4N Sandy...

DR. JEKYLL, MR. CHRISTIAN, By White Heart

You wear a sunday suit and tie everybody thinks your such a guy/ Driving up the american dream, got the whole world on a golden string/You got the glow, a shining face, respectable man with holy taste, you got that family pew reserved, when the hymns are sung you voice is heard/
Then late one night you got your plan, you'd be religious on demand/ Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian, it's a mask you wear to hide, you got a notion, Gods a potion, and works most every time, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian/ Experimented with your eyes just to get a bigger piece of pie, I really think you do believe, yet you use religion to deceive/So when it's time for you know who/ you feel the change come over you/Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian, it's a mask you wear to hide, you got a notion, Gods a potion, and it works most every time, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian/ What is faith, what is a lie, don't you know that, can't you see that, God is not your alibi/ Now when the change comes over you, there's almost nothing you can do/ Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian, it's a mask you wear to hide, you got a notion, God's a potion, and it works most every time, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian/ What is faith, what is a lie, don't you know that, can't you see that, God is not your alibi/ Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Christian, it's a mask you wear to hide, you got a notion, God's a potion, and it works most every time/ God is not your alibi, is not your alibi, God is not your alibi, God is not your alibi.

Busy Weekend

Well what a busy weekend that was. I needed today just to rest. But I didn't get to do that. My husband had me going like the energizer bunny,lol. He fixed me breakfast(waffle's), then we went out and shot our bows for an hour, then went to town shopping for my puppy, then to lunch. After lunch we took the kids and my puppy for a drive thru the mountains of Tampico. When we got back my hubby and kids made me a real nice dinner. We had salmon, shrimp scampi and pasta with a white sauce and broccoli, and of course birthday cake. Sunday we went for a drive up thru the mountains of Rimrock, we saw elk, deer, mountain sheep, and a bobcat. The snow was almost all gone, so we we're able to get out and take a small hike looking for sheds. We got home around 6 P.M. and had papa murhpy's for dinner, and watched movies till 2 A.M. My hubby had Monday off and so did the kids. Monday everyone went to town, the guy's got a hair cut, while us girls went shopping. We then had lunch, went home, shot our bows, played with the puppy, worked on the yard, had dinner, watched a movie. And here I am.
So to whom asked about my birthday--it was great, thank you...
And to whom asked about my kids--James is 23, Christa is 22, Tiffany is 21, Melissa is 19 and Ashley is 17, John is 14. And yes kids are a blessing, thank you...
Well I must go, hubby says the next movie is ready to go. B4N Sandy.

My Birthday!

Well it's the eve of my birthday. The cake is ready. It's supposed to be around 70 degree's tomorrow. The whole day has been planned out by my hubby. It's going to be a busy day. My parent's will be in and out, and my mother in law too.( My father in law passed years ago.) With good food, good cake, and good company, who could complain,lol.
When I was out today in 69 degree sunshine, I saw that not only are my roses and hycynthia's up but so are my foxglove, lupine, hollyhock, peonies and honeysuckle!! Yes, it's spring, and the irrigation ditches have water in them today! Ahh, life is good in the pacific northwest! That means more warm days and more time for the outdoors, more target shooting, getting better for the next archery shoot.
Well I must be on my way to bed, hubby say's it's time. We watched movies all evening and we're both tired. B4N Sandy.

Spring Has Sprung!!

Well it's March 12th. Just 5 more day's till my birthday. My husband already got my gift for me. Last year he bought me a Parker Compound Bow. This year he bought me a Bushnell Rangefinder, lol, I missed a doe because I didn't know the yardage, I also missed a cow elk, but that was because she wasn't broad side. Hunter rule, if you don't have a good kill shot, don't shoot. A wounded animal is a bad thing.
Well spring has sprung in Yakima, flood warnings have been issued for both side's of the Cascades. Today it was 69 degree's and sunny. All my bulbs I planted last year are coming up. My hycyinths and tulips are up 3 inches!! My fruit trees have buds on them as do all of my rose bushes!! I'm so happy spring is here.
We had our first Archery Shoot last weekend, we all did well, of course my husband won, but I came in 4th. Our next shoot is March 24th and 25th. I hope I do better this time.
Well I have a big day tomorrow, we're off to the Tri-Cities and back, so I must get some sleep. B4N, Sandy.