Pop Bang Kapowee!

I am not certain if those "sound effects" are appropriate for the following pictures - for anyone who is in the know, anyway. What I do know for certain... Bud thinks that this gift from Christmas is SUPER COOL.

This was his first day giving it a try. He has had several more tries at it since then and I don't think that he shoots sitting in a chair anymore.

I appreciated him sitting in a chair for the picture... otherwise, I am not sure I could have gotten this down the barrel shot! Bud is getting far too big. He has grown so much taller this year and has grown past my shoulders and wears the same size shoes as I do. Yes, my "baby" wears a men's size 7 shoe. How do these things happen?

Growing to be a fine young man - even in the midst of all of our current craziness! (More on that soon!! I PROMISE! We are getting really close to REAL answers about the who, what, when, where, etc of this whole relocation process!!)