Fishing (sort of)

This was my introduction to Chesterfield Reservoir and something amazing happened there. It is called powerbait. Powerbait is weird smelly dough with glitter that Ben showed to us. Although we were all embarassed to use it, we did it anyway because that is what the fish were biting on. I even have dad on video catching a fish with powerbait smeared on a fly. Priceless. This was a cool trip because all the brothers, my dad, and Kaden were there. Of course, Jake kept us laughing. He tore his pants on the dock and that is why he is doing lunges in the picture above. Ben caught a really nice fish. Kaden was happy because he got to drive the boat. Dad caught fish because that is what dad does. I took pictures and went along for the ride.

Grandpa Donahoo

This is my Grandpa Donahoo in South Dakota. He saw these sage hens while driving home from work one day. He was alone, and took this picture of himself. It is by far my favorite picture of Grandpa and I thought the family could print it off from this blog. I have some more that I will be scanning in sometime soon.

My Grandma's Birthday

Happy Birthday Grandma Donahoo!!

Secret Code

No sound....just a secret code that Gabe made up and taught to me. He is sure that noone could ever figure it out, so I think it is safe to post it on the web. You can all try to learn it if you want. Pay attention to the details though. He is so sneaky.

Yellowstone

This is a trip after the 4th of July reunion at Sally's house. After stopping at the Waite's house in Powell and getting a new radiator, we pushed on into the park. Right as we got to the lake, we saw this grizzly bear not too far off the road. It was far enough away that we could get out of the car and look at him though. Then we toured the park and saw buffalo, elk, a coyote, and two wolves. We stopped at all the main attractions and had a great time.

Last Football Post, 2009

It was cool to watch Kaden learn about football this year. He played both sides of the ball all season long mainly at offensive tackle and defensive end. He shifted around to linebacker a little bit at the end of the year too. I think he likes football and I'm guessing that he will stick with it.



We thought that we would have a break after football, but he is now wrestling for the jr high team and is having fun. So far, he is 2-2. We'll update throughout the season.

Deer Hunt

Molly and I loaded everybody up on Friday morning and headed for the hills to see if we could get a deer. Molly is the best spotter ever and she can see them from a long ways off. We found a little buck about 200 yards up a hillside. I shot him through the lungs and Kaden helped me find him. He ran about 20 yds and crashed. I dragged him most of the way down before the family came up. Everybody came up the hill to see, then Mom, Sadie, and Gabe went back down while Zach and Kaden helped me gut the deer. Zach got a kick out of it and kept asking if he could poke the deer's eyeball with a stick. I dragged the buck the rest of the way down the hill and slid him into the bed of the pickup. One of the easiest deer hunts ever. It was fun to have the family there.

Fishing Chesterfield

I took the kids fishing at Chesterfield Reservoir and they had fun even though it was cold. Kaden caught a good size fish and the other kids cooked giant marshmallows and stayed warm by the fire. The one in the picture that doesn't belong to me is Ezra (Zach's friend from pre-school).

SUN-BEEP

This is Gabe's interpretation of a primary song.