Hunting Week 2007

This post may not be for the "faint of heart." Many of you know Tim and the men of his family are hunters. Matthew got his first exposure to "deer" when we travelled to Tim's homeland (sometimes he and another friend refer to it as "the promised land") for the long awaited "opening day" of gun season. Matthew liked to crawl into his granpa's office and just sit there pointing upward at the buck heads mounted on the wall saying, "Der, der" over and over again. It was pretty funny to hear him carry on at the sight of them. At least he wasn't afraid of the deer. Grandma L. held him up to see one of them close up and Matthew gave him a good whack across the nose - just in case. It was a successful year at "Buck Camp" with Tim's brother Barry getting the biggest deer in camp history.
"Der, der!"

Fun times with Grandma and Grandpa! Matthew loved playing patty cake with Grandma, and he enjoyed throwing a ball up the stairs with Grandpa.
Matthew got to meet his newest cousin, sweet tiny Bethany.
As you can see they were both equally excited at the occasion.

Big smiles as Matthew plays with Da-da.
Matthew got to meet some special friends and was given his first pillow with beautiful handmade "trucks" pillow case - Vroom, vroom!
Big smiles for Ma-ma, too! It was a fun trip "home," a good time had by all. We'll look forward to more fun with family around Christmas time.