Thanksgiving Take Two

Our second Thanksgiving celebration was in Ruston with the Allison side of the family.  We had a great time visiting with some family that we hadn't seen in a while and catching up.  Ryland had requested that they go hunting for brown or black animals, so the boys layered on the camo and headed to the woods.  They came back a short while later, and they hadn't see anything.

 

 

On the second trip to the woods, John Chris realized that the pressure to shoot something was pretty intense.  This time they came back with a squirrel, and the boys were so proud.  Ryland wouldn't touch it, but Reed had no problem showing off their kill. 

Now to skin and eat this prize kill.

Shooting

The boys are very interested in guns since they went hunting with John Chris.  After lots of talking about guns and shooting, John Chris pulled out his old BB gun.  He let the boys shoot at a target in the backyard, and they had the best time.  Reed is still too young to understand aiming, but it didn't stop him from trying.

 

 

Ryland is super into it, and he talks about shooting the target.  John Chris explained some basic gun "rules" and talked lots about safety. 

 

After they each had a turn, they would run out to look at the target to see where it was hit.