Wonderful Weekend!!

This past weekend we were able to spend some good quality time with Mom and Paul. They invited us to an Appleseed event. (For those of you who dont' know what this is here is a link to their website http://www.appleseedinfo.org/ )It was a wonderful time of learning about our nations history and learning how to shoot rifles. We all really had a great time. We learned about the first three strikes that started the Revolutionary War. One of the things that was said that really stuck in my mind was how the Battle of Lexington was fought in Concord by the men of Atkin(I think this was the name, it was a town close by who came to help when they saw that there was a problem.) I think that Paul really looked the part. Mom said that she had made him a poet shirt. I bet that would have really looked cute! Krystal really loves her Grandpa, isn't she precious. :)

I'm not sure how this was the only picture of Mom that was taken all weekend. However I just love it. It definitely shows of her sparkling personality. Hehehe


I don't think that the girls were impressed with the shower facilities. LOL However it was a way to get clean so that they could start all over on getting dirty.

Alecia had to strike a pose when she noticed me with the camera.

Grandma set up this shelter which turned out to be a wonderful thing as it sure did rain a lot. I however am not complaining since the rain is what made the temperature bearable.

David enjoyed shooting! However he told me that he felt muscles that he hadn't felt in a very long time. LOL
Alecia shot too, but I don't have pictures of her shooting because she was my photographer out on the shooting range. Dangit I bet that would have been cute and I didn't realize it until it was too late to rectify the situation.

Brandon shot all three days and really enjoyed himself. Doesn't he just look sooo cute.

Here is a picture of David and Brandon shootingKatie is our little Annie Oakley. She stayed the whole time and really learned a lot. She struggled the first day but thanks to Grandpa and an instructor name Luis she was able to hit the target on Days 2 and 3. She really learned to follow the instructions well. I think she is very adorable. Krystal decided not to shoot, but she had a lot of fun and she was my big helper. I had her taking the little ones to the restroom(that was nasty it was one of those portable things and they didn't empty it UGGG)Alecia's tent had Bethany and Jessica in it and they decided to be bugs for the weekend. Bethany chose to be a dragonfly and here she is with her antennae. :)She also decided that she wanted to shoot after Jared and Jessica did so here she is with Grandpa learning how to shoot.Jared was the first of the littlest ones to decide to shoot. He just wanted to go do it so Grandpa took him over and helped him. He had a blast!!Jessica had Grandpa help her to shoot also. I just love these pictures. Grandpa was soo patient and helped each one of them!I have no idea what she was thinking here but I just love my little warrior princess! This is a picture of the bullet that Jessica shot into the target!!!!

Finally at the end everyone climbed the hill and held up the flag. It's not the best picture but i just love it! Thank you so much Mom and Paul for inviting us. It was a great time to spend together learning and playing.