holy……ELK???

Oh my gosh!!! This is awesome – my girls don’t get squeemish. They are actually holding an ELKS HEART!!!! So we have got the coolest neighbors. My hubby went with the neighbors hubby (Brent) to the BOOKCLIFFS some mountains in Eastern Utah. They were dropping off one of the neighbors good friends to hunt elk in the area. (It was the Bow Hunt) Well the guy finally got his elk – and we got a quarter of it. Thanks awesome neighbors!!!!

Kass is holding the heart -

While my hubby and I were cutting the elk into steaks, roasts, and stew meat on Sunday, we came across a large roast (actually the heart) – We decided to cut it half way open and check it out. How cool – who would ever think they would actually be able to use cutting an elk as a lesson in health or anatomy? Our two curious kiddos were in awe!! We told them to go ahead and hold it and check it out. They found the chambers, arteries, and everything – it was cool to watch these two little cuties investigate.

Karly showing off the inside of the heart~

At the bottom of the meat bag we found — the LIVER. It was HUGE!!! (Sorry – we didn’t get any pictures of the liver) It was about the size of my torso – kind of a large animal… Unlike anything I have ever seen before. Of course we cut the liver open — we actually cut it into 5 big pieces. This time the girls got to check out just how the Liver works. They saw all of the holes that clean the stuff that comes into your liver. It honestly blew my mind that they were so into it – these two little girls 6 and 10 years old.

Kass is really excited to hold the heart!

It was really funny tonite after bath time (the kids usually read right before bed) but they both wanted to play with the heart again. Sorry sisters, it is in the freezer – no fun anymore.

My thought is still WOW – here are some pictures, I wanted to share the WOW with you. ENJOY!!!