Shootin' match.

Well, Saturday was the big shooting competition for County Fair this year.

It's quite organized and a little boring to watch (sorry boys), but all in all a fun event to participate in.

The boys both shoot BB Gun, and Justin does Archery as well.

They have to shoot in 3 positions...standing, laying down (Uh, I think there is a fancy word for that, just not sure what it is), and kneeling.

From what I gathered, neither of the boys prefer this kneeling position...a little awkward they say.

They both did well, and I think they look so grown up with GUNS in their hands...even if they are just BB guns.
They just look so man-ish.

And, VERY at home...they are ALL boy.

I had to laugh at the Bow...it was almost as big as Justin!

Can't wait to get the results and see how they did!

My BABY.

My little man turned 7.
So much "grown up" packed in such a little body.

We celebrated 4th of July style..poor guy....his

birthday will forever be linked with that holiday!

Oh well, at least its a fun one!

There were only two things he REALLY wanted.

ONE: "big boy" Nintendo DS...we were officially DONE with the VTech "little kid" DS.

TWO: Transformers. Child has now developed an attachment to them...not sure where that came from. The other boys never wanted anything to do with them!

Both goals were met, much to his relief! And, he got plenty of games to play on his "big boy" DS, such that we shouldn't have to bug big brothers for games to play for quite awhile...in fact, I heard middle brother actually asking to borrow one of HIS games to play. Thankfully, he was in a sharing mood. :)


Hilarious Transformer side note: Birthday boy had a meltdown after opening"Optimus Prime" because he in no way could figure out how to get the darn thing to "transform"!!

Thank goodness for a certain party guest who actually sat at the kitchen table for an HOUR and read the directions and figured it out. WOW. No toy should be that involved. Oh well, now, a week later, the transformation takes seconds. Phew.
Bring on the FIRE!
HaPpY BiRtHdAY little man!

We love you SOOOO much and you are growing up WAY to fast. May year #7 and 2nd grade be the bestest ever.

xoxoxoxo

Momma

Cousins are SO cool

We had a wee bit of cousin fun this last week, in addition to celebrating the 4th...

A small portion of our family from Missouri visited this last week, and it was great to catch up with them. I always enjoy visiting and hearing about all of the happenings in that neck of the woods. It's also VERY gratifying to compare parenting/relationship notes and find out that you are not crazy/overprotective/under disciplining/heartless/psychotic ....really...we are just mothers and wives trying to do the very best we can. :)

We took a day trip to the Coast, which was great! Lunch at Mo's on the waterfront and a trip to the Aquarium, followed up by the kids soaking themselves in the frigid Pacific and Ice Cream at the naked Mermaid place...otherwise known as Eleanor's Undertow. If you have not been there, it has marvelous Ice Cream, but they seriously need to rethink their decor. Uh, just a clue for the people that run that establishment....mermaids are WONDERFUL, but really, could you just display the DRESSED ones? From the mother of three boys....PLEASE. :) We have been going there since the boys were little, but let's just say that they are starting to NOTICE those naked mermaids!!!!

Brrrr!

This picture cracks me up...two 7-year-olds absolutely EXHAUSTED. LoVe. IT.

The 4th was spent at the family picnic, followed by more food at home, followed by a marvelous firework show put on by hubs, courtesy of Wal-Mart.

Late night jumping on the trampoline...just in case they were NOT already tired!

All in all...AWESOME cousin fun. So glad we were able to catch up!

Now, to make our plans to go see them next summer! CAN'T wait!