My youngest first time climbing the big wall..  (He's in blue)      

Gavin loves to hunt.  Last year he went hunting with his dad and killed a deer.  However, dad actually did the shooting.  This year Gavin wanted to hunt something he could shoot.  He took his .22 into the woods (supervised by dad) and killed a couple squirrels.  (He's a great shot for a five year old.) We have a family rule when it comes to hunting.  You kill it, you clean it, you eat it. Gavin can hunt dove and squirrel and says they are "delicious."&nbs...

My little man has finally decided what he wants to be when he "grows up." At first he couldn't decide between this and a dinosaur.  But looks like this won out. So we took this picture this morning for posterity. Watch out bad guys!

Gavin wants to know if he can shoot squirrels this summer in our yard with the BB Gun his grandad gave him on our trip to Mississippi this past summer. hahaha I told him squirrels are a little harder to shoot than a Styrofoam cup. He thinks he's Wild Bill Hickock.  

Hunter, my twelve year old, went for his yearly physical.  The Dr. said "he's started puberty." We jokingly refer to him as our "pre-teen" but if he's in puberty, seems like he should already be a teenager. Some things I've noticed about him in the last few months.... He likes to spend free time alone in his bedroom.  He has a computer, tv, all the toys, but he only games on the weekends.  It's not just that he likes to do it, but it seems like he really hates doing thi...

Random bits of nothing.   Today is Hunter’s last day of school for the year.   Next year he moves onto middle school and the big SIXTH grade.   Why am I dreading that?     Hunter has a lot of “only child” friends.   Most of these kids are more mature than their peers and since Hunter was an “only” for 7 years they all seem to hit it off well.   Fine.   Great.   Good.   Except these only child families don’t mi...

My 11 year old son, Hunter, punched another boy, J, in the face at school a couple weeks ago.   Our family is familiar with J.  He attended a sleep over in our home earlier this winter.   His mom showed up to drop him off an hour early, in shorts (it was 20 degrees outside), with no tooth brush, pajamas, coat, or anything.   It can be difficult keeping track of Hunter's numerous friends.  I remember J   because the entire time he was in our home...