Elser Family Blog

Melinda; Archer-Organizer

Melinda is not going to have much time to use her Christmas Gift, so she is getting as much use in as she can.

I know she is holding the bow string strangely.. I think that was just to get it past the hard part? She has not gotten used to using the finger release (that is around her wrist)

I was cleaning out the car and found this. This is indiciative of how organized Melinda naturally is:

Last BMX race of the season.

And Rockwell was bumped up into the older kids race. This means he was up against two 9yo boys and two 10yo boys. (where as before he was against girls and boys his age and less.)

Three races: He came in second twice and third once! I was actually looking forward to this being done. I was wondering how he would perform under pressure. He did great.

I also have a picture of Melinda! She was with us at the race. Since it was the last race of the season, they had a bonfire at the track too.

It’s a long story, but we fell into a great deal on a compound bow, a bunch of arrows, and an really nice wall mounted hanger for it all. Melinda has wanted a bow for over a year, and when she saw this one, she wouldn’t stop looking at it. I had to buy it. Here She is showing off her Early Christmas present in front of a bonfire. She did not set it down for an hour.

Slow cold weekend activities

We went to the archery range today.. They had loaner compound bows that were kids sizes.. Pretty cool! The kids really got in to it. They picked it up quick. Click here for a video of them shooting.

Afterwords, I cut some wood nice and thin, and let them draw some designs on it, then I had them cut it out.

Here is what Melinda came up with.

As you might know, we went to Indiana to visit my Mother. While we were there, I caught a picture of some cousins. 🙂