All of you know that I enjoy the sport of archery, but I have never posted any pictures or news about how all that is going.
During the winter we have indoor league. There are two different games that are played, both of them shoot at a range of 20 yards. One is called Multi-Color (or Vegas Style). In this game, you shoot 3 arrows per end, 10 ends, with a maximum score of 300. I think my highest score was 290.
The "10 ring" is the bold inner circle on the yellow. The "x ring" is the smaller circle inside the 10 ring. We use the X count for tie breakers.
The other is called "Blue Face" or "Five Spot". A lot of people don't like this game because there are a lot more arrows and the spots are bigger, so it's kinda easier. Here you shoot 5 arrows per end, 12 ends, for a total of 60 arrows. It's a stamina game for me. I like the challenge. If you hit anywhere in the white, it's 5 points, blue is 4, anything else is a goose egg! My goal was to get 5 x's and I managed to do it only twice this winter:
(you only need to touch the line in order for it to count)
But the REAL fun begins in the spring an goes on through fall! OUTDOOR SHOOTING!
There are some beautiful archery courses around here, with beautiful scenery. I need to start taking more pictures.
One outdoor game is called "3D" - this is very popular for hunters. It's good practice for judging yardages and hitting an animal in the right spot.
If you can't see, I hit the inner circle on this foam 3D target above :)
My favorite game is called "Safari". You go around and shoot at paper targets of different safari animals. It helps to have a big orange dot to aim at!
Two arrows per target. In the target above, I was shooting 36 yards uphill at a 10 degree angle and into the sun. I was very proud of this shot because I could only see a silouette of the animal and just guessed where the dot was...twice... and my arrows ended up in the spot and touching!
That's a good thing to have happen in archery!
This was at 50 yards.
This is my proudest moment so far! I got these two arrows in the spot from 101 yards!!!! That's the farthest distance I have ever shot, and this is the first time I hit the spot TWICE! :)
I'm soooooooo addicted!
There were lots of fun animals to shoot at. Some dinosaurs, a jackalope, a pink panther... and some fun shots. One challenge shot that was optional but double points was to shoot at a metal cutout of a bear, with a hole in the middle for the dot. If you didn't hit the dot, you hit metal and wrecked your arrow! I'm happy to say I didn't lose any arrows today!
There are some beautiful archery courses around here, with beautiful scenery. I need to start taking more pictures.
If you can't see, I hit the inner circle on this foam 3D target above :)
Two arrows per target. In the target above, I was shooting 36 yards uphill at a 10 degree angle and into the sun. I was very proud of this shot because I could only see a silouette of the animal and just guessed where the dot was...twice... and my arrows ended up in the spot and touching! 
This was at 50 yards.
This is my proudest moment so far! I got these two arrows in the spot from 101 yards!!!! That's the farthest distance I have ever shot, and this is the first time I hit the spot TWICE! :) 
Hudson is 2 1/2 and it shows! He's still my sweet boy at times, but he is STUBBORN! He gets a crazy idea into his head and he will not let it go. When he gets upset about something, he will cry and say "Uh oh... Oh boy!..." He is very into Thomas the Train and loves to play with his own train set. When Hudson wants me to follow him he'll say "Come on Mom... psss psss", like I'm a dog or something. I don't know where he picked that one up!
Kaylee is 4 1/2 and full of spark and energy. She wants only to wear summer clothes and play video games! That's not entirely true. We have had a lot of fun together lately. She will often exercise with me or go shoot our bows together. She loves her preschool and her many friends there. I can't believe this fall she will start kindergarten. 
She can't seem to take a bad picture.
I have a hard time choosing!
Andrea is now 3 months old. She's not quite sleeping through the night, but that's a small price to pay for the easiest baby in the world! She is always so happy and full of smiles. I like to call her my sunshine :) 
We drove down to Tillamook for some ice cream, only to find they were closed that day. But at least we got to see this!
So we drove to Cape Meares to see the lighthouse and see the sights, including the Octopus tree.
We arrived for a kite festival, which was neat to see. We also had to bring out our own little kite!
Love this picture!
