Europe Here We Come

Our time to leave for our trip to Europe is creeping upon us!  We have less than two weeks until we are off to France and Amsterdam.  We have been busy deciding on hotels and which places to go visit.  I cannot wait to spend my 28th birthday in Paris!!  Adam and I have been so busy with other things that we haven't even sat down and planned it. But we are finally narrowing things down and it is so exciting! 

Soon after we got married, while we were driving home from a trip to Montana, we got out the laptop and wrote down our lifetime goals.  So many of them will take a long time to be fulfilled, but with our summer travel plans, we are already achieving some of the goals on our list. We never would have thought that we would be accomplishing some of them so soon. It is a great blessing and we can't wait to keep living more dreams on our list.  Time is flying by fast and we don't want this summer to end.  Adam just finished summer school, and is now working and getting prepared to speak in Amsterdam. I'm really excited to hear him speak. We never thought we would actually be going—it's such a wonderful feeling. Other than that we are keeping busy and soaking up all the time we get to spend together.  We will have lots to post next month from our Europe trip. 

Preparing for Africa

Last weekend we went shooting with our good friends Matt and Heather.  Adam has been practicing shooting in the house (with "snap-caps"—not real bullets), so we decided to take a real trip outdoors and see if all that practice is paying off.  I finally got to shoot a lot of Adam's guns, and Heather got to shoot a gun for the first time.  We had a blast, minus the billions of baby grasshoppers at our feet.  Adam was happy to know his hard work had paid off, he hit all his targets.  Now those Kudu, Lions, and Elephants will surely be hit hard by Adam. We can't wait to go out again. 

Adam shooting his 20 gauge with Matt throwing the clay pigeons

Impressive one handed shot

I finally got to shoot the AK47—I loved it!

Adam putting himself to the test with his .375 H&H.  This kind of set up usually goes on in the house, so it was fun to see it to come to life, well almost....

This is the most brown and green you will ever see me in. I just got my Africa clothes delivered and put them all on. I still can't believe I'm going to wear them.