More Summer Fun

I was looking at my pictures on the computer and realized I never posted anything about a few other fun summer outings. Back in the beginning of summer (I think in May) we went down to Dayton to visit the National US Airforce Museum. It was pretty awesome. I believe they have on display almost, if not all, airplanes that have been built. And of course it had displays about every major event in flying history. Here, Grant enjoyed playing while an atomic bomb detonated in the background (wasn't there a commercial like that at one point?).
The boys really loved seeing all the planes, especially the biggest boy of the bunch. Ryan loves his military history so I had to move him along quicker than he probably would have liked in order to keep up the wee ones.
Grant liked the plane that looked like a shark the best. I liked learning about heroic pilots and the personal stories of what some of them went through during war time. There was one exhibit about the "candy man" who would fly over Berlin when it was blockaded and drop little parachutes attached to candy bars for the children who were in the city. I later found out he was from Utah (and LDS). It's a cool story.































This summer we also made good use of our zoo membership and would head up there almost once a week. It's a really great zoo and the boys and I love making a trip of it. All of these pictures are from the new polar bear exhibit, which is one of my favorite. I can't get over how massive and beautiful these animals are. I also can't get over how much I would not like to meet one in a back alley. Well, I would really not like to meet one anywhere without at least 4 inches of glass separating us.