A Trip to the Woods-July 3rd

Brett and I decided to take the kids on a trip to the woods. We got in Ruby, Brett's 70-something Bronco. We had a picnic packed, and we were ready to go. We stopped out on a dirt road and decided to let the kids shoot Brett's pistol. They were pretty excited. Of course, Brett helped them all.

Liv only did one shot, however, in that one shot, she hit the target! I think we have another Annie Oakley on our hands. Once she did it once, she was content to not do it again.

When she was done shooting, she decided to sit down and play in the dirt and look for bugs.

Josey and I

To say Jake was thrilled is an understatement. He did a pretty good job, his first time out.

Josey shot like a pro!

Jakey and I.

So, when we decided to leave this spot and move on further, Ruby wouldn't start. This happens from time to time (and happened on one of Brett and my first times in the woods lol) Josey was panicked. I told her not to worry-we had cell service and Brett knew where we were. Well, we finally got her going again. Josey was insistent on going home, where the rest of us wanted to keep going. So, onward we went....Until we broke down again. And not only did we break down again, but Ruby caught first a few times. While Brett was working on Ruby, Liv decided to get out of the car and play. She and Josey found a dead bird and proceeded to poke at the bird with sticks (ummm, gross). Then Jake and Liv went off into the meadow we were lucky enough to be broken down by and played. All and all, I thought it was a pretty good trip (besides the breaking down lol) Brett's parents were coming out to bring us a part (again, thank you Verizon for such good coverage) but we ended up getting her going. We met them on the road and Josey decided to go with them. I think she'd had enough of Ruby lol.