Labor Day Weekend 2009!

Skip a weekend ago, Anne's close friend Joe came up from S. Idaho to visit while his wife Jen and "the boy" went on a trip to Seattle. Conveniently enough, Anne has also known Joe's wife Jen since kindergarten and therefore heartily approved when he went to pledge his love interest in her whilest in college (as you can see, things worked out well from that point on). In any case, House of Miller got to gleefully borrow Joe for the Labor Day weekend and proceeded to take him on the typical adventures found here. Within 48hrs time, the group went fishing on Fort Peck Lake, spotlighting (an Eric/Joe bonding opportunity - the pregnant lady went to bed), target practicing, reloading (again, lady of the house missed this one and ate ice cream instead), prairie dog "hunting," stained a deck and refinished porch steps. Although it was painfully hot part of the trip, the group still even managed to score massive hits on the 500 yd target gong and then reward themselves with cookie bars and iced tea. It would be useful information at this point to mention that when Joe and Anne were in high school and college, shooting was not exactly a skill she had...or even pretended to have. However, after realizing she couldn't hit the broadside of a barn because she was left eye dominant, not right eye as was attempted, things changed significantly. Hence, Senior Kaufman got to experience the new and improved Anne - who now appreciates firearms much more than in the 14 plus years prior to the discovery. Not to mention, this was probably the last showing of the pregnant lady out on the range until Baby 2.0 is born due to hearing loss concerns. Gwen loved the extra excitement (although was kept off-range) and definitely worked to show off to the new guest. Thanks for the great weekend and the Millers can't wait for the next Kaufman/Miller adventure!