I'm Only 6 for a Moment

We celebrated a few weeks early, this little mister's 6th birthday. His grandparents make sure he lacks for nothing. They are very generous!

A pink chocolate cake with gluten requested by the birthday man.

"Hi, I'm the hero!"

Zoom goes the jet plane
(with sound effects).

Ian Appleseed

My number two manchild had no fear when it came to climbing the ladder. All our hearts skipped a beat, but only one as he scurried up the ladder. And then we calmed down. He was very excited to pick apples and made sure he was the one doing all the picking. Thanks Ian and Granny Bug for giving us a harvest of green apples from your tree!

"I'm coming! I'll pick the apples!" 

Hundred Acre Woods

On our recent trip "home", we visited the Hundred Acre Woods popularly known as NW Trek. We saw moose, bison, deer, rams, sheep, goats, big cats, bears, coyotes, and foxes on our journey through the woods. We gorged on blackberries growing on the side of the trails and took maple leaves home bigger than our faces. All this adventure with warm sunshine shining on our faces and a humorous tour guide, Dale regaling us with tales of a misshapen tree due to a run in with a sasquatch. I do not believe our adventure in the Hundred Acre Woods could have been any better.

The top of Mt Rainer is in the distance.

Our day ended at a playground with this for a view.

Location of the U.S. Open in 2015

Fell off the swing.
Added insult to injury, the swing hit him in the face when he stood up.

Too tired to walk anymore.

Crater Lake, Oregon

Down at the visitor center.

Mt. Mazama, a volcano, blew up and turned into this pristine lake.
It is 5 miles by 6 with a max depth of almost 2,000 ft.

Stick collection

Deciding not to be happy and cooperate with the picture.

Brandon and I realized we will never summit Everest without oxygen.
We were having trouble catching our breath at around 9,000 ft.

Warbird Roundup

The Warhawk Museum in Nampa has the biggest amount of WWII stuff gathered I have ever seen. I would love to go back there when the kids are older to spend more time reading through the history. It's  not a place to miss.

We listened to stories from a 95 year old WWII Ace would fought in the Pacific. 

We sweated it out in 98* morning heat on the tarmac.

We were transported to the world of our grandparents listening to Glen Miller and experiencing their war.

We are looking into the air show in Reno to take Ian when he's a little older.

This is the plane used in the opening scene of Valkyrie. The plane you get a close up of as it strafes up Rommell and his men in Africa.

Propaganda for pilot school

My Gramps fixed P 51s and P 47s like these in England during WWII.

Look at all the swastikas earned

This kid loved the air show!!

Because I think it's important to document I took part in their life.

P-47 s