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Well, after weeks of begging Daddy to take him out to the driving range, Harrison finally got his wish! Matt took him and bought him a right-handed club and soon after took Harrison to try it out. They've been doing some putting the past few weeks in the evenings, but Harrison was so excited to go hit! One think I love is that Harrison calls it "scoring a goal" when he gets the golf ball in the cup!

They chose the windiest day possible to try and do this. And, they were hitting straight into the wind! But, Harrison just couldn't wait any longer (and neither could Matt, I think).

Matt takes golf pretty seriously & starts them out the same way. First thing: stretching & loosening up.

One of the best parts about where we live is this -- a picture I took of our house from the range (with a tiny bit of zoom). We're so spoiled to live this close!

This year, Madeleine was ready to hit as well. She's already such an amazing golfer for a 6 year old. This day she was hitting it a consistent 75 yards into a 25-35 mile-per-hour wind. Amazing. Much better than her momma can do! :)

Matt says she's very coachable and a fast learner, which has made her a fun golfing partner. I love to look out my kitchen window and see the 2 of them out there practicing. She's at the age now where they can split a bucket of balls and Madeleine can actually hit them well without Matt working with her on every ball.

I think that Harrison had an image of him getting out there and doing it just like Matt and Madeleine immediately. He got frustrated pretty quickly and we didn't last long this day. He'll get there. Matt's decided that he's naturally a left-handed golfer, so we'll be getting some lefty clubs before his next attempt.

This is a very very frustrated Harrison. One of the things I love about Matt is that he helps them when they want help, but is quick to back off if they want to work it out themselves. He never pushes them and is quick to complement and encourage. I think that's been a big key to Madeleine's success & love of the game.

We ended the day with quite a few balls unhit (Madeleine wasn't too thrilled -- she wanted to keep hitting) and headed to the putting green. At this point a very windblown Charlotte & mommy headed inside. All in all, I'd say the afternoon was a success. Harrison came inside later thrilled that he'd make a "goal" on the putting green all by himself. Way to go Harrison!