Kyler asked for a cap gun.
This was an opportunity for us to teach him a valuable lesson.
First off, we explained that we don’t get everything we want. Sometimes, in the moment… our flesh desires something that we don’t really even want. It’s just a desire to have at the moment. It’s impluse. When we went to Old Tucson Studios with friends, they bought their kids guns. Kyler wanted one too. Bad. We didn’t buy them at the Old Tucson Studios gift shop. This ended up being a valuable experience. We came home and had a great discussion about being blessed, receiving, having joy when others receive and what God’s Word says. It ended with us telling Kyler that if he wanted the gun, he needed to earn it. For 1 week.
For 7 days, he was all over us to help. He picked up the playroom and vacuumed it! He helped pick weeds, he helped in the backyard, he helped with the little ones… He served. He served with joy. He enjoyed it! We were even telling him to ‘back off a little bit’ and that he was doing too much. He would light up when he would see that we were pleased.
1 week after being at Tucson Studios, we ordered both Kyler and Kaiden cap guns.
They arrived today! FED-EX estimated delivery date was today. Kyler woke up, and the first thing he did was look out front. The doorbell rang around 11:00am. If he were wearing socks, he would have slipped face first on the floor he ran so fast! He threw open our front door… the FED-EX guy hadn’t even made it back to his truck yet – THANK YOU!!!!!!! Kyler yelled to the delivery guy. It was a special moment for him. He is very special to us.
Kaiden helped him tear into the box and they immediately put their guns around their waists. They stayed there practically all day. Kyler even wore his on our bike ride this afternoon. As a matter of fact, he is in his pajamas right now… and yep!..gun attached to his waist! It may be a bit uncomfortable if it attempts wearing it to sleep. I bet it goes under the pillow!
I loved seeing how much appreciation he has for his gun!
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Cutest cowboys I’ve ever seen.
Their gun-show is the best part!
No, their smiles are.






















