The kids and I made a quick weekend trip to Boise to pick up our meat (thanks Mom and Dad!) and also to celebrate my Dad's 80th birthday! We surprised him with a birthday party/open house and invited all his closest friends. He was so surprised and had a great time reminiscing with friends. Can't believe he is 80! He still acts like a 20 year old sometimes. :) We also got the chance to check out my brother Mike's apache helicopter! He officially has the coolest (and somewhat dangerous!) job! The kids were in total awe.
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| Mike showing them how the gun works in the Blackhawk. |
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| See? In awe! |
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| Troy in the blackhawk cockpit |
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| Brooklyn in the blackhawk cockpit |
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| Now on to the Apache! |
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| Mike showing Troy the gun on the Apache. |
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| It's pretty heavy! |
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| Looking down the barrel of the gun |
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| Mike explaining the missile. It can shoot and aim up to 5 miles away!! |
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| The eye piece they wear in their helmets. Mike said this alone costs $27,000!! It is very sophisticated and is infra-red. With this, they can see little bunnies on the ground even from a mile up!! |
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| Our "lets get the bad guys!" faces :) |
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| Still so in love even after all these years!! |
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| LOVE them!! |
