Hunting Season

Dad was definitely blessed this hunting season. I was able to be apart of three different successful bull elk hunts and get the "trifecta" (antelope, deer, elk) myself. Several days and hours of hunting with friends and family in various conditions. If I wasn't in shape prior to hunting, I definitely was after the season. I almost forgot how difficult getting these large animals out of the mountains and into the freezer is. Thanks to my father in law and mentor Dale, I have learned some of the arts of butchering and providing meat for my family, without paying a large fee in the process. The freezer is now full and to the kids disbelief, the large half filled ice cream containers had to go to make room for all the new meat. Tenley and Bree are learning this is a way of life in Montana and helped dad with wrapping and labeling the game. Hopefully, I can still stay in shape and pass on these skills to our future adopted kiddos.
No new news to report on the adoption front. We have officially been waiting 4 months now with probably two more hunting seasons until a referral. Tracey and I just keep plugging along and raising our existing kids and hope that we have made the right decision to add on to the Miller gang. We pray that this is the right decision, and believe that God would not have steered us in this direction unless he wanted us to do this.