Happy Armed Forces Day!

Today is Armed Forces day. The PPV Housing Company that runs our housing does a special salute to the Military and its residents each year by doing a whole race day out at a track in East County. I signed us up for the event (a lottery event) and we got chosen to go. The kids were THRILLED and really looking forward to today. The housing company really went all out. We got free parking and in for free and then got meal vouchers (Carl's Jr did the food) along with dessert vouchers and snack vouchers. They did a craft for the kids (decorating hats), gave free t-shirts, had face painting and there were humvs and a rib boat for the kids to climb on along with other goodies. We had a really great time. It was quite warm and there were a lot of people but all in all it was a blast. Owen did great. He was so good in his stroller and he LOVED driving the humv. So much so that it was quite the fit when it was time to be done. The boys loved their faces being painted and in fact are still all painted up out fishing with dad (what a awesome day for those three!) (Ian gave them the choice of seeing a movie at the movie theater or going fishing. The boys decided they can always rent the movie later and went fishing. Lets just say Ian is a bit proud that two weekends in a row they would rather fish than anything else. Can we say like father like son(s)?

Here are just some of the pictures from today. (a side note I just want to state the guns are NOT loaded. They were there on display and all the kids were taking pictures with them. I think Jacob looks a little too comfortable:)



All painted up ready to go!



Decorating the hats. We had not planned on letting Owen do it but he was quite mad that his brothers were drawing on the hats and he was not sooooo he got into it too.


Watching the drag races. The noise did not bother Owen at all. He was yelling at the cars having a good old time. He refused to leave on the "ears" so we resorted to regular ear plugs which he left alone. Nathan on the other hand is sensitive to the noise and even the sun so he gladly took the "ears" and wore them until we left. I had to laugh at the "ears", sun glasses and hat with the painted face. He looked quite comical.






Above and below are a bunch of playing in the humv. The pictures are a bit out of order as you can see them before/after they had their faces painted. Owen was in heaven. The smile did not leave his face until we had to pry him out of the vehicle. The boys loved being up on top spinning around with the other kids.



Here are the gun pictures. They sure thought they were hot stuff to say the least.


And here is O all happy in the stroller. This was very early on before it got so hot and he was quite irritated. He loved playing in the dirt and running as fast as he could away from Ian when we were trying to watch the races:) A big thank you to Lincoln Management. It was a fun family day!