Swords and Knives: Manly stuff, ya know

Last week we had highlighted a part of Kaeley's wonderful personality with the Rose Pedal Cottage. Now we want to highlight a wonderful part of our son, Dallen, personality. Swords and Knives are a hobby, passion and upbringing of his. Growing up with a dad, uncles and grandpa who loves to shoot different guns it's no wonder Dallen has taken an interest. Shooting everything from an AK-47 to a 50 Cal. this kid will shoot anything he can get his hands on.


Dallen was taught at a young age how to handle guns, his Dad would often leave his handgun out and when Dallen would spot it he would immediately let his Dad know without touching the gun. Josh taught him proper gun safety and how to shoot at a young age. I think we got a future sharp shooter in the making.
For Dallen's 7th Birthday his Uncle Caleb bought him an awesome 410 shotgun/.45 Long Colt (which by the way is $50 a box and that's all he wants to shoot, he's not a cheap date), his first real gun he could call his own. His awesome uncle has also bought him pellet, bb guns and pocket knives. Whenever Caleb can he takes Dallen shooting and to gun shows with him, and somehow Dallen always ends up talking his uncle into getting him something (but how can you resist this kid, ya know).

Dallen doesn't just have a passion for collecting guns, he also has grown a strong desire to collect swords and knives. Last Christmas we got him 3 Samurai swords that he displays on a shelf in his room. Every time he can, he slowly takes the sword out of it's case and examines it. Sometimes we let him chop up cardboard boxes in the garage. He also has a collection of pocket knives, he likes to carry at least one around with him and more often than not, it's come in handy!


For his birthday last year I sat with him for a long time one night and we looked at all different swords online, he wanted the longest sword he could get. But knowing we couldn't fit this on a plane up to my parents house in WA, we settled on an awesome dagger. We let him choose the dagger he wanted and the one he's holding is the one he choose, it also came with a blow gun he likes to shoot at cardboard boxes as well. Knowing Dallen's strong passion for swords and guns it makes it easy to choose gifts for him when it comes to birthdays and holidays. And Josh and I have absolutely no concern he will turn the weapons upon his sisters or us. He's so sweet and so cautious that if we had any doubt of his ability to handle weapons responsibly we would not give them to him. So as long as he can continue to show the same responsibility we look forward to helping make his collection grow and helping him become a better shooter. Keep up the passion Dallen, we love you.