Happy Halloween

Pumpkin carving.  Sean says "ick"!

Holidays mean sugar cookies!!

Mikayla was a big help and loved the rolling pin.  We couldn't get it back from her!

Mom and Snooks took the kids trick-o-treating to downtown Bozeman.  Mikayla carried her bucket the whole time, she must have as much of a sugar tooth as I do. 

Sean went back and forth on being Toothless or a Pterodactyl after much debate he landed on Pterodactyl.  

He was very excited about having wings. 

After trick-o-treating downtown we headed to Whitehall to spend the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Jung.  We finally got to see Ron's famous Darth Vader outfit.  It was very cool.  

Odds & Ends

Sean is back in swim lessons and loves it as much as ever.  He has no problem floating on his back and jumping into the pool.  He has even started to put his arms out straight in front of him when swimming forward.   The other day he decided he was going to be a hippo when it was time to practice jumping in the pool.  He did belly flop after belly flop always coming up laughing saying "I'm a Hippo".  I just thought it looked painful.

 He discovered finger paints. 

 Mom and the kids where having a camp out the other day.  Mom made an awesome tent and they had their sleeping bag and lantern to read stories by. 

We took a weekend trip to Whitehall to visit Grandma and Grandpa Jung and help Pod & Kristen put a new roof on their house. 

Wagon ride with Grandma is always their favorite thing.  Sean was being a nice brother and holding on to his sister. 

 Playground fun. 

 

Sean's Birthday

Sean got to have 2 birthdays this year.  We headed to the ranch to visit and since it was so close to his birthday Richelle, Larisah and Dad decided to celebrate.  Larisah picked out the best cake, orange is his favorite color.  He also got to watch Larisah play volleyball but he was pretty bored the whole time.  It's going to take some coaxing to get this kid to like sports.   

Mikayla got to take her first ride in the side-by-side with Papa.  She even got to help me drive on the way back!

 Sean and Badger waiting for Uncle Kyle and Daddy. 

 His other party was at home on his actual birthday.  He loved the ballons and we were blessed to have family and friends able to join us.  

 Farm cake was what he wanted.  I didn't have time to go all out and make it homemade but he liked it. 

Exploring DC

Over Columbus Day weekend I had to go to Arlington for work.  Ethan was willing to watch the kids for 3 days so I got to go a day early to have time to explore DC. 

Early flight but beautiful sunrise. 

 I landed about 2:00pm and decided to roam around Arlington Cemetery.  I never imagined that it was as large as it was.

 JFK Memorial

 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  I was able to see the changing of the guard. 

 I joined some colleagues for a ghost tour that evening.  The guide that did our tour was an amazing story teller and the tour was a lot of fun.  I would recommend the Tours by Foot if you are ever in the area. 

One of the haunted houses.  Old Stone House.  

This house had a lot of history.  Georgetown University even owned it as student housing but then sold it after student refused to live it in.  It now is a wealthy family's 11million dollar party house.  

  The tour ended at the stairs from the movie the Exorsist.  These were very steep, very scary stairs but we accepted the challenge and existed this way after the tour. 

The Natural Science Museum.  I really missed Sean as I walked through this museum and I really hope I get to take him there someday. 

 I had the chance to see the Wankel T-Rex that left Bozeman last spring.  They don't have it on official display yet but they have it set up so you can watch them unpack the crates and study the bones. They official exhibit won't be done until 2019. 

 The Hope Diamond.  Not a very good picture. 

 Sean would have loved seeing the hall of bones.  It was very impressive. 

 The National Art Museum. 

 I finally had a chance to see all the artists I learned about in high school art.  It was surreal. 

 For some reason this was my favorite piece.  The details and craftsmanship was amazing.  The it just loved the moment it captured. 

 Antique furniture, right up my alley.

 National Air and Space Museum

Mars Rover.

 Wright Brothers Plane. 

 Hubble Telescope. 

 I got to touch a piece of the moon!

 The house where Licoln died.  We didn't get to go into Ford's Theatre because they were having a matinee but the house was a very cool museum/tour.  Especially after some of the history we learned the previous night on our ghost tour. 

 We had a pumpkin carving contest at the happy hour social.  We went for traditional...we did not win.