Hog Heaven!

So one thing I should probably share is that my parents recently bought 20 acres of property about 30 minutes outside of Orlando and that they decided to split the property with us!  We could not be more excited about this new venture in our life.  Tony and I both are so excited to be able to raise our family outside of the city.  We loved how when we were kids we were able to play outside and ride our bikes around our neighborhood and half way around town without our parents being worried about us being abducted by a sexual predator.  Today is just plain scary!  Can you say stranger danger?!

Well we are building our dream home (and hopefully our FOREVER home) in Groveland, FL.  It's not going to be anything huge or outlandish, but we will have everything that we want and need :o)

My husband was checking up on the property one day and noticed that there was a TON of hog rooting which is no bueno! So he decided to get his dad and his brother-in-law to come out to the property to do some hog hunting!

They didn't have any luck that night, but they did have a lot of fun just hanging out at the property enjoying the weather and the beautiful FL sunset!  

My husband decided to set a trap up so they could catch some hogs while they weren't there and get them off the property ...and into our bellies!  After setting the trap a couple of times my he ended up catching 10 hogs!!  We ended up keeping two of them, but had to put the rest of them down.  We wanted to keep more to raise them up, but they were WAY too aggressive!

Here are a couple of pictures of some of the hogs my husband caught...

We ended up keeping the blonde spotted pig above.  She's actually pretty docile and sweet for being a wild pig :o)

We've had quite a few good meals out of these pigs so far!  The other night we went over to my sister-in-law's house for a BBQ.  Her husband injected the hog meat with a brine, wrapped the meat in bacon, smothered it in BBQ sauce and grilled it!  It was AMAZING!!!  Seriously the best pork I've ever had!

It was so good even Hunter wanted some! LoL

It was a great night filled with delicious food and wonderful family! It's always so much fun getting the families together!  Here's a picture of Hunter chatting it up with his little cousin Riley Ann :o)

I love our family!  And can't wait till the next BBQ ;o)