Outdoors

As most of you know, our favorite weekend place in the world is Grey Rocks Ranch.  We have been going there every free weekend for a while now - definitely since Ted and I were married.  The kids love it, but it has especially grown on Ward.  He is consumed by all things outdoors - quail hunting, duck hunting, deer hunting, fishing - even just driving around looking for animals is a real treat for him.  This love for nature (and the fun sports that surround it) has also made him closer to his daddy and granddaddy.  I feel warm inside knowing the memories they are making together and the bonding that is occuring between them during those periods of hunting. 

Ward got a bow and arrow for Christmas, but it was really a toy and was quickly broken.  Ted decided that he was ready for his first compound bow and arrow and ordered one off the internet, after a failed attempt at buying one from Mark's Outdoors.  (Note: never tell a child that you are going to a store to buy them something because when that store doesn't have it the disappointment is awful.)  Once it arrived I realized how real it was - he could definitely kill a small, or probably large, animal with that thing.  He got a chance to shoot at a deer target at Grey Rocks this weekend and had the time of his life.  I think that he has told me at least 15 times that he shot it in the heart!  Go Ward!

Ready . . .

                                                                             Aim . . . .

                                                          
                                                                                    Fire!!