Daniel went antelope hunting this weekend in Wyoming with Brother-in-law Matson and Joseph. Matson is a die hard hunter and invited the men along for the first hunt of the season. They didn't all have tags so Matsons dad did the actual shooting. They saw a group of antelope (is that what their 'heard' is called) and in order to maintain the element of surprise they hiked around a small canyon and up a hill. The antelope was targeted and didn't stand a chance against long time hunter. Two shots and it was down. They gutted it right then and there. I'm learning a lot about hunting because of Matson and apparently with antelope you have to quickly gut and pack the meat on ice or you have bad meat. Joseph did most of the gutting, but Daniels hour of triumph came when he got to touch all the organs and especially the heart. I think that's about all the detail we will go into on that. After they packed the meat in ice 4 men had to carry a 200lb carcass back to the car. All of this taking about 2 1/2 hours. At home the men finished with the gutting and all that- oh what fun. According to Daniel all the boys had a good weekend.
While all of the boys are gone, what are the poor alone wives to do? Surely there isn't enough cooking and cleaning to be done. Friends? "What are those?", asks Steph. "Mine are all pregnant", sighs Afton. "Did I change Bree, or put the diaper on her head?" thinks Melinda, so friends have tended to disappear. We tried the whole 'having a girls night'. That ended in a conversation about Stephanies latest songs learned in elementary education classes (A Tooty Tot!) and Afton saying something about like being a teacher or something. Then Melinda was going on and on about this craving for Maggie Moos- satisfied only by peanut butter cup ice cream. So we were at an impasse with our beloved's having 'man-cation'. Can you guess what happened as a result? That's right- Saturday we decided to get freaky and we went to Maggie Moos! Just kidding. I had never been to Park City, so we went shopping! Now that's what I'm talking about! We thought we'd hit up the outlets in the city and just hang for the afternoon. The boys were about 45 min from us so we eventually thought of the idea of meeting them for dinner. Well... to make a long story short it ended with Afton actually buying something in a cooking store, Melinda getting all dolled up for her post-pregnancy days and left me yearning for an adorable red jacket and an ice cream maker (which was a first for me, #1 not buying a jacket and #2 going home with no ice cream). The boys were going to be home at about 9 so we decided to just eat without them and meet them back in Provo. Uh... so we just got shopping.... and they actually ended up beating us home:-) Us girls had a fantastic time in Park City and Bree was an AMAZING baby. Naturally, pictures of her are all I have. So this is her playing with Aunty Steph while Afton and Mel neglect her to shop:-) Just look at what they missed!
