Shooting with Uncle Dan- LOVE IT!!

It has been a long time since I have been shooting. We would occasionally shoot pistols with my dad. Tegan's husband Nathan, is obsessed with sport so before I was married I think was the last time I was shooting. I can't remember the two different guns, one was 20 Gage and the other one was... well some other kind of gun. We got a little bruised, but that comes with the territory as it were.

Uncle Dan, who our little Danny is named after, took Eddie and I and Eddie's fun cousins Danielle and Brodie. We had a really fun time, and I wasn't too bad if I say so myself. Danielle and I agree I think that if you shoot quickly and with your eyes closed, your chances of shooting the clay pigeon went up drastically as opposed to waiting and aiming.

old precious friends

Sometimes they way you feel about people is hard to articulate. That's how I feel about the Cluff's. We lived next to them for 2-3years in the apartments. We babysat Colten, the handsome groom, and Lexie, whom I will have a funny story about. We were together ALL the time. They were all of our best friends. They have moved to Queen Creek, but I have thoroughly enjoyed every chance encounter and the planned ones, which have been few and far between these past zillion years. When I try to express how I feel about them, words just don't cut it. They were the ones to come to the temple to tell us to get home cause Dad had died during my sister in laws endowment session. To say I love them is an understatement.

So I saw another old friend at the reception and I was telling her how I knew Colten and Lexie and babysat them and that Jenn and Dave were good friends. So when Lexie walked by, I said, "Hi Lexie." (blank look) "I'm Tecia Freestone", (it was starting to come) "I babysat you like non stop as a child". "Oh ya, I remember you." I felt so stupid in front of my friends. I guess she was 2 when she moved away, but those 2 years should have made some kind of lasting impression, right? Anyway, Colten totally remembered me and said he even had fond memories of our family, he was probably 5 when they moved. So that's something.

Daddy & Daniel

I know, Eddie NEVER looks this happy in pictures. I love this one and both people in it! He's the best Dad in the world. He says Danny is our cutest kid... I tell him he forgets how cute our others were. He said it's cause he's so smiley, which is true. But I think that's just an excuse and he really thinks he's the cutest because Danny is the only kid that turned out how he envisioned his kids to look like!!! Either way, having cute kids is such a burden.

pictures with Grandpa

Eddies Dad doesn't feel very good most the time. Occasionally, a little more lately, he feels good enough to come and mingle with the family. Usu, he enjoys teasing the little ones. As they get older they think it's fun to play with Grandpa. But there's a rough patch there for a couple years, at least with my kids, which involves hiding, being amazingly quite trying to go unnoticed, screaming, crying when he comes around the corner unexpectedly. It's kinda funny. But when they are this small like Daniel, well...










































I think the pictures speak for themselves.