Boys & Guns

For Thanksgiving, we were blessed with the opportunity to go back to a friend's ranch and enjoy the unplugged life! It was so relaxing. We were able to lounge, read, enjoy the fire outside, grill, and make s'mores. We were also able to shoot clays and b.b. guns!


We had a b.b. gun for each child, but Mary Frances forfeited her chance. She didn't want anything to do with the guns but really enjoyed the sling shot - which I reminded her was all little David needed to take down the giant!

Anyway...Ray C. very smartly sat the kids down for a lesson on gun safety before we started! The boys listened very attentively dying to get their hands on those guns, and then they were off! We had lots of stationary targets and clays for them to hit.

Thomas gets a lesson in aiming steady! I love seeing Ray C. like this. Everyone here sees him as a city boy, but this is the guy I fell in love with --- jeans and boots, loving the outdoors!
Sugar LOVES the ranch as much as the rest of us! She loves to run all around, but she will not leave us. She's happy to go on a walk if we go, but if we stay at the house, so does she! She is such an amazing dog! I'm so glad Santa brought her to us 2 years ago!!
We had some friends join us for a few days. Zach is on Chase's baseball team. The boys had a great time "hunting" together! By the way, no animals were harmed on these adventures!

We took a walk down the road one morning and saw the freely roaming longhorns and the donkeys. The kids were so excited to see them all!

We even saw a deer that Sugar jumped out of the bushes only about 2 feet from Chase. Chase was holding his b.b. gun at the time and said, "Aw...I missed him. My safety was on!" I love the things that kid says!! He is hilarious!

Anyway..we had a wonderful time enjoying the outdoors while we were gone and can't wait to get back to San Marcos!!