Dh asked if I wanted to go check out the shooting range that's about 40 minutes away (heck yeah! I've only been trying to get him to go for the past few months!) Two years ago dh was very much against having any kind of gun in the house. After two years of listening to me go on about what I've learned here and looking at what's going on in our world...well, his views have changed. So off we go...

The place was packed... We got information on classes they hold each month ($125 per person for an all day class about laws, how to use them and the opportunity to try out a number of different guns) and we checked out the handguns they had for sale. $370 was the cheapest one they had there...wow....

We could've rented one today but it was so busy there wouldn't have been anyone to help...and we didn't want to do something stupid...like accidentally shoot someone.

Ds14 is a bit psyched about this since we told him we want him to learn too. One thing dh and I talked about at the beginning of the year is to set some prepping goals to do as a family...actually it was my idea but he's going along with it...kind of my way to get the family more involved and as a learning experience for ds14. We had a discussion in the car about why we prepare. I was pleasantly surprised over the discussion we had...ds and dh have been listening... They came up with a list of what we would need and dh told me to personalize it for our family so we can start working on it...didn't tell him I already have something like this....

I'm feeling like this one of the bests preps to have...getting your family on board with you...