Bull's-eye!

With all the shooting outings that have been going on lately Thad decided he needed a new gun. So he bought one, and then ordered a new scope, and barrel, and stock; basically he bought 1 3/4 guns. Now that it is all together he took Andi out to break it in with him Friday afternoon. She loved it and when she came home she told me that she got all her shots in the little circle, but Daddy's were in the big circle outside of the little circle. I'm pretty sure she's wrong, but we'll let her believe it.

Sammy always has to be in the middle of whatever Thad is doing, and while he was gathering his ammo and gear Sammy dumped the ammo all over the ground. But he very patiently picked it back up. I think he would have kept dumping and gathering over and over again if we let him.

That's his concentration face. He puckers his lips out and scowls, you just can't see the scowl very well.
The "mormal"(tri-stake formal dance for the 16-18 yr olds)  was this weekend, and the kids in our ward had a dinner beforehand at my parents house. They also had a photo shoot in my backyard before dinner which was really funny. Some of them were super awkward, but others got really into the picture taking. But it was totally strange to have Bradon a part of the group this year and on his first date. He can't be old enough!! I know he's taller than me now, but in my head Bradon is still this little guy.

We are finally getting around to teaching Andi to tie her shoes and it's going to be a struggle. I tie one way, and Thad ties another. It's the same method, just using different hands. And as usual we both think we are doing it the right way, so we are polling all of you. When you are tying your shoes, do you hold the first loop with your left hand and circle the second loop with your right, or hold right and circle left? Does that make sense?