Louisa Air Show

Last weekend we took Jack to the Louisa Air Show.  It was basically a dream come true for Jack.  They had a parking lot full of planes to look at, planes doing tricks in the sky, a fire truck, balloons, and carnival booths full of food and things to buy.  

He got to "drive" a plane.

And drive a firetruck. 

Some of the little planes were pretty loud.  I thought it would upset him but he just laughed.

The planes were fun to watch.  They could do some crazy stuff.

Jack flying his plane.

As we were about to leave I said to Logan how someday I hope I get to see those people that get strapped to the top of planes.  He made fun of me and said that was only in cartoons.  Then we turned to our right and what do we see......a Wing Walker!  So we stayed another half an hour to watch her.  Its nuts.  She starts flying the plane, then just climbs to the top of the wing and her partner takes over flying.  She isn't strapped in or anything.  Then she walks around the top and hangs in different positions. 

Can you see her on top of the wing?

On our way home Logan spotted a turtle stuck in the middle of the road about to be smashed.  So he stopped and grabbed him and we took him home.  We named him Tangires the Turtle.  He was adventurous and the next day he had jumped out of his little home we made him and he was gone.

Jack liked to scare him and make him hide in his shell.  It was probably for the best he ran away.

Copeley Family Housing

When we were looking for an apartment in C'ville, we weren't sure where to move, but we asked around and decided on the Copeley Family Housing.  I wasn't sure if we had made the best choice at first, but quickly we fell in love with it and are right at home here in Copeley.  One of the fun perks of living in family housing is the familiy housing association puts on free events each month. There was a picnic with free pizza and a bounce house last week which was a lot of fun.  Later in the month there is apple picking, bowling, and a magician.  Jack loved all the kids everywhere and of course he loved the pizza and food.

Jack running down to see "the kids"

Wow.  I don't know what to say about this picture.

They had a bounce house.  Jack loved it until it was time to go inside.

C'Ville

We have already grown fond of Charlottesville.  It is very friendly, our ward and neighbors are great, and there is lots to do.  We have been busy with school and discovering our new town.  We live in the family housing on campus which we feel was a smart move because its super cheap (relative to the rest of Virginia), great location, and lots of fun families as our neighbors.  Family housing is very diverse and we find ourselves being in the minority here, and its fun to hear so many languages on one playground.  The law school is a 5 minute walk from our door and Logan gets to come home each day for lunch which is nice.

We play outside a lot and there is a playground right across the street.  I put some goldfish in Jack's water table the other day.  They didn't last long.    There are so many parks, pools and splash pads that its going to take us a while to get to all of them.  One of our favorite activities so far is Carter Mountain Orchard.  We picked our own apples and peaches.  Super fun.  Jack loved it and still talks about it.  

Jack playing with goldfish.  I regretted this activity almost immediately.

Jack at one of the many splash pads.  

At one of the many parks.

Carter Mountain.  An Orchard where you can pick your own fruit.  Genius isn't it, to trick us into doing the work and we think its fun.

In the 45 minutes we were there, Jack had eaten an entire apple and a peach.

And when I say he ate a whole apple, I really mean he eats the WHOLE apple if I don't pay attention.

Logan's first catch in Virginia.  Cool tail hu?

Jack trying to  catch the lizard.

Master Agent

Logan is one smart boy.  He is officially a Patent Agent. He has been studying and preparing for the Patent Bar for the past 3 months now.  It is a really intense 6 hour test that some people claim is harder than the normal Law Bar (I guess we will find out if that is true in 3 years).  There isn't a whole lot of material out there to prepare for it unless you want to spend $5000.  Well Logan didn't pay a dime for prep courses and still passed the test!  We were planning to take it in Utah but things got crazy and he ended up taking it here in Virginia about a week after we moved.  It was a crazy month, but somehow he pulled it off.  I am so proud of him.  While he was gone I made him a Regardless Cheesecake that was for him regardless if he passed or not.  Luckily he really did get to enjoy it.

Oh and the reason for the title is he told me that now that he has his Master's Degree and Is a Patent Agent I have to call him Master Agent.

Right after the test they printed out a paper saying where you pass or not.

His Regardless Cheesecake

Photog

While Staci was here we thought it would be a great time for some family pictures.  So we saddled up the children and headed out to Logan's farm in Centerfield.  Unfortunately it was very windy day and we didn't have a ton of success but we got a few.

I tried to get a mommy picture with Jack but every single one turned out about like this.