an adventure in November

Cherry Coffeecake--our day after Thanksgiving Breakfast :)

 Every Thanksgiving,

my three guys like to shoot trap.

I have been a "nervous Nellie" mom...

I will admit.

Having my 10 year old and 7 year old around guns

just makes me a bit on-edge...

this year, I had the opportunity

to go with them and document

their time.

They are so fun to watch

and I feel so much better about them

going having seen

exactly what they do :)

Joshua loading his bb gun

aiming at the target

sheer concentration

Austin aiming

Joshua trying out Daddy's gun

Scott

See his shell flying!

showing Joshua how to operate the launcher

Austin picking up shells

These are TREASURES!

Austin found over 40 shells.  He is going to make something out of them!

Bob, Scott's Dad

the target

getting instructions

"Close this eye and look with that eye..."

trying to figure out how to open one eye and close the other

These boys of mine

are soon becoming

men.

Watching them grow

in height 

and maturity

is such an incredible gift from

my Heavenly Father!

A gift

not to be taken

lightly...

but to be met 

with sincerity

and purposefulness...

while filled with

ecstatic joy and laughter...

each day a

step

in following

God in daily living

and fun adventures.

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Lord,

Thank You

for these boys...

please give Scott and me

wisdom as we seek

to follow You

in raising them.