We had a great 4th of July! I am proud to be an American and feel extremely blessed to live in this free land. We spent the night out at Shawna's parents' house on Thursday and woke up to Papaw's famous pancakes. After breakfast we had archery target practice in their front yard with my new compound bow and arrows. It was tons of fun. After an hour or so we were all able to keep most of the arrows on or near the target. It was a beautiful sunny day.
We had a nice lunch together and then Greg and my dad and I went in search of a shooting range to try out Greg's new rifle. (Marlin .17 HMR for anyone who is interested.) He wanted it for target practice only. It is a beautiful gun as far as guns go. We found a range not too far from my parents' house. We paid $10 and got lifetime memberships. :) The gun worked great after we got it sighted in. We took Nelson back the next day. He did great for his first time shooting. After the shooting range, we loaded up the car and headed home for a watermelon cutting with then neighbors and then fireworks in our circle. Fireworks are a HUGE family tradition for us. We had tons of fun, as usual. My brother-in-law, Richard, and my niece and nephew came to join in the fun. Richard and Greg really got into lighting multiple fireworks. It was fun to watch them play. The kids went through about 50 sparklers. It was a great day!
1 comment:
Great post! I like Greg's horns (see first picture). Compound bow and rifle? For target practice all you need is a pitching wedge and a few golf balls... :-)
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