it's in the genes...

yesterday, wyatt got the final birthday gift...golf clubs.  i will admit his list was very different this year:  basketball hoop, bike, dodger game, and golf clubs.  suffice it to say our little guy is quite a sportsman.  

when he told us he wanted golf clubs we knew exactly who we would talk to...grandpa mikels.  jason's dad is an avid golfer, he learned from his dad who was a golf pro at a resort in the pocono mountains...golf is in the mikels genes.  grandpa mikels knew which clubs would be best and ordered them, all the while wyatt patiently waited for his new clubs, his first clubs.  grandpa mikels also bought camryn her first clubs and took her golfing for the very first time...it was a precious memory and i'm so glad that she has that moment.  now, it was wyatt's turn.

wyatt, grandpa, and grandma headed to lunch at the course and ate a yummy lunch.  wyatt ordered pancakes, because that's his favorite! :)  they ate lunch and then headed to the driving range.  grandpa taught wyatt how to hold his clubs (wyatt is a lefty in golf), how to stand, and how to strike the ball...grandma took pictures and they are darling!  they then headed to the putting green and did a little work with wyatt's putter...grandpa was very patient teaching wyatt exactly how to line up his putt and how to strike the ball in a smooth stroke.  

wyatt had the time of his life...he got to ride in the golf cart around the course, he got his own special bag tag with his name on it, he got to see grandpa's locker "w.mikels" which grandma said could be his. :)  it's funny because it often has been said that wyatt looks a lot like his grandpa mikels and he does...and the pictures are priceless of a third (really fourth) generation of a mikels learning how to golf.  

after a fun day with his grandparents wyatt was thrilled to ask grandpa if they could do it again, and maybe next time camryn could come too.  wyatt is a precious boy...and yesterday he became another one of the mikels boys golfing.

yep, it's in the genes