Eric's Accomplishment

I have been so busy writing about Abby's recent accomplishments, that I have neglected to mention Eric's big accomplishment of the summer. Every summer Eric shoots at a big match at Camp Perry (not far from us on RT. 2). People from all over the United States come and stay for days at a time and shoot in these matches to see who is the best. This is Eric's 3rd year competing. He shoots in 2 different matches. He shoots the M1 Garand and the Springfield Rifle. Both of these are vintage rifles from like WWII (I think, what do I know though). For the first time this year, I did not get to go watch him because of the baby. Each of these matches takes between 4-6 hours to complete because 1200 or so people shoot in each one. Last year, he got a bronze in the Springfield, and a silver in the M1. He placed 93 out of 1400 shooters. And this year, he got a bronze in the Springfield match and a GOLD medal in the M1 match. He placed 53rd out of 1200 shooters. He is in the top 53 shooters in the country in the M1 category. He was so excited, he texted me immediately and told me. Abby and I are so proud of him. Next year, Abby will go with me and we can both watch Daddy compete. Here are a couple of pictures of Eric shooting, and Eric wearing his Gold medal and standing with R. Lee Ermey (he was in a couple of war movies and he hosts a show on TV called Mail Call, he shot in the match as well, but Eric got a better score than he did.)