Family Home Evening

We went shooting as a family for Family Home Evening last monday. It was a lot of fun. We bought a youth .22 rifle a few weeks ago, and it's small enought that Samuel can operate it all by himself. It's still a little heavy for the girls, but they had fun trying. Samuel is working to earn enough money to buy the gun from us. The kids earn "kid bucks" from doing chores around the house, and then they can cash them in at 5%. Samuel has started asking for more chores to do so he can earn more money. He's paid $300 so far, but he has another $1700 to go (the gun was just over $100 at Wal-Mart).

Samuel shooting his gun. Hey Todd and Tory, Look! He's using his left hand/eye!!

Aaron is helping Jacque because the gun is still a little too heavy.

I didn't get a picture of Calista with the little rifle. This is Aaron's .22 rifle that he refinished.

Ellen was mostly interested in the many treasures lying around just waiting to be discovered!

There was also a hill that the girls enjoyed climbing up and sliding down. They spent most of their time on the hill and every now and then went running over to shoot a couple shots. I think it worked out perfectly because the boys really enjoyed shooting. Samuel was patient and shared, but he was always eager to get it back.