Future Golf Pro

Sunday afternoon we were feeling spontaneous and went against one of our 'things we said we'd never do as parents.' We packed up & headed down to the golf tournament...with our toddler! It's almost impossible to find a last minute babysitter, so we figured we'd find out exactly how much Eli likes golf.

waiting for the trolley!

Eli sitting patiently for a brief second

We found the perfect location for Daddy to watch golf, and for Eli to be able to run around. He fell in love with this man's John Deere tractor.

There's no doubt...he is ALL boy

I was a little on edge trying to keep Eli happy and quiet. Paci + pine cone seemed to do the trick! One of the superintendents at the golf course actually offered Eli a job at the course! They couldn't believe how many sticks, leaves, and pine cones he picked up during his short stay. Not surprising at all to us!

We only stayed a few hours, but it was a fun outing overall. After dinner Sunday night, Dan decided to put Eli's golf skills to the test. Their first father/son golf lesson was just too cute!

It took him a little while to accept that daddy was going to help him...he's very much a 'do it all by myself' kind of kid.

I'm sure it won't be too long before he has his own set of custom made clubs! I know that his PaPa will be having those sent straight down from Heaven for him :)


He got a huge kick out of steeling the golf balls from his daddy.

There are certain things that stop me in my tracks, and make me miss my dad more than ever. It hurts so deep to think about him missing out on this sweet little life. It does help to think about him smiling down from Heaven as his grandson holds his first golf club, and chases golf balls around our living room. We miss you PaPa!