Moo!

 After much debate (scary vs. cute), we decided to go with cheap and easy.  So a cow it is!  We played around with some pink fabric to make an utter... but it turned out border line inappropriate.  So we scratched that idea and added a bow instead!  Avery loved wearing it and was very cooperative while taking pictures.  She was in a cute/funny mood so I just couldn't decide on one or two pictures, so here are a bunch!

 

Saturday we went to our wards trunk or treat/dinner.

 I dusted off the old bat wings once again and we walked in the costume parade.

Rand put Avery's candy bag on her head as a joke. 

She thought it was funny and kept it on for a good 10 minutes while she played.

 

The pumpkins!  We did a puking pumpkin for the third year in a row.  All the kids love it and seem to remember it from year to year.  I guess it is a tradition now!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Whiteman air show (finally!)

Last month we went to the air show held at Whiteman Air Force Base just down the road from us. This year was the second year we have been able to go, and it is well worth spending all day in the heat and sun. It was a pretty hot that day but it was a lot of fun. Avery did really well, she even took a good nap despite the noise, heat, etc... We were also lucky to get a spot in the shade pretty much the whole time.
There was a lot of different aircraft performances and demonstrations. This year the big headlining act was the Air Force Thunderbirds. They flew right at the end, and on the 1st day of the show a lightning storm started rolling in towards the end and ended up cutting their performance short. We were very dissapointed because they were so amazing and fun to watch. We decided to head back at the very end of the 2nd day of the show just to see the full Thunderbirds performance. It was well worth another trip, the full performance was awesome! Rand took TONS of pictures and we had to go through 2 or 3 rounds of eliminating photos to get down to these. There is still a lot, so buckle up!

They had lots of static displays on the ground. These are the B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, and the Apache.

The Army Golden Knights parachuting team opened up the show

The A-10 Thunderbolts here at Whiteman did a formation flyby. There was also a Vietnam reenactment with all of the helicopters from that time period.

This crazy girl did an awesome wing walking routine. If you enlarge the pictures you can see her just hanging out while the pilot did all kinds of aerobatics.

These guys did some pretty cool formation and stunt stuff.

This is the F/A-18 Hornet. The newer fighter jets are always some of the funnest ones to watch.

This is the B-2 Spirit stationed at Whiteman, we get to see these all the time. 

Whiteman is the only base that B-2 is stationed at.

And the Thunderbirds... (these were the pictures we had to cut down the most) They were very fast and very loud, most of the small children were crying when they came screaming by.

They did a lot of crazy maneuvers and formation stunts.

 I'm sure you can tell that Rand coached me a lot on this post, I hope you made it through!