Henry- Blueprints

Henry is really creative.  He draws blueprints before he builds his legos.  

Hidden Lake

Raquel invited me to go with her and the kids to Hidden Lake for a fun afternoon.  The kids played in the water and also collected tad poles.  It was a great day.  Kinsley brought her Allie along also.  

Randy Happy Fathers Day

Randy's mom made this stitch hanging many years ago.  But it fits Randy to the tee.  He is a great Father, brother, son, husband and grandfather and daddy.  

Susan 62 Years Old

I had a great for my birthday.  Lots of good phone calls, great gifts, Facebook posts and remembered by so many.  I am so blessed.  Thanks to everyone for a great day.  Randy posted by High School picture on FB.  Wow, I have defiantly changed since then.

Jump House

We bought a small Jump House and put it up in the yard.  The Landon grandkids were having a great time with it when they came out to dinner.

Flag Day

The Scouts in the ward put out flags for the holidays.  It is so neat to see them line the streets of the ward.  

Dr. Melanie Landon-Hays

Melanie received the LIVE/LEARN MEMTOR OF THE YEAR award.  We are so proud of all she does.  She said, " thanks to Janell and Stephanie for being so great to work with-you are truly trophy worthy folks."

Bike Ride

I love the bike rides in the morning in Rexburg.  Rows of potato plant; wheat fields; paved roads with no traffic; "R" Mountain in the distance; and the best is the sounds of the sprinklers watering the fields.  Can you hear the tt, tt, tt,tt ?  

Washington Trip-Discovery Journal

 Wolrdstride gave us a journal to keep track of where we were and asked lots of questions

Holocaust

Flying Home

 We left the Ronald Reagan National Airport at 5:00 pm Eastern time and arrived back in Idaho Falls at 10:50 pm. Mountain Standard Time.

Flying home- Bret Bagley, Kinsley Landon, and Austin Hill.  

Washington DC - President's helicopters

As we were driving back to the airport we saw 3 helicopters following each other.  They were the President's helicopter flying from Andrew Air Force Base to the White House.  He always flies in 3 so no one knows for sure which one he is in.  

Washington DC - Air and Space Museum

The notion of flight has fascinated the human imagination for ages.  Kite flying, parachuting, hot air balloons, and gliders have all shaped the development of flight as we know it.  

Washington DC - Natural History Museum

We looked around just a little bit and then had lunch.

Washington DC - Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Martin Luther King Jr. led the Civil Rights Movement.  "Unconditional love will have the final word".

Arlington Cemetery- Changing of the Guard

They perform an elaborate ritual to change the guard every hour.  

Arlington Cemetery- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier includes the remains of unknown service members from WW I, WW II, and the Korean War.  Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment keep a 24-hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year vigil at the Tomb.  

Arlington Cemetery- Honor Flights

Veterans from the Korean War and WW II came to pay honor to the tomb of the unknown soldier.  It was so moving as everyone clapped and thanked them as they came by.  You were encouraged to talk to them also.  

Arlington Cemetery- Robert E. Lee Memorial

On the morning of April 20, 1861 Robert E. Lee wrote a letter resigning his commission in the US Army.  Within 2 days he left Arlington House forever.

Arlington Cemetery- John F. Kennedy's grave

President John F. Kennedy's grave has an eternal flame by it.  

Arlington Cemetery- Graves

The U. S. Government provides funeral services and headstones at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) free of charge in appreciation for the men and women who have served in the military.

Arlington Cemetery- Taps

Buglers have played "Taps" at every funeral with military honors since the Civil War.  

Washington DC - Iwo Jima

The United States Marine Corps is a 3-D replica of Soldiers raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima.  The battle of Iwo Jima marked the key victory for the United States in the Pacific War.

Washington DC - Jefferson Memorial

Here is buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Religious freedom, and the Father of the University of Virginia.

Washington DC - Birthday Celebration

We ate dinner at the Sizzling Express.  The tour guide Annie lined up a birthday cake for the 2 girls that had birthdays coming up.  Kinsley's birthday would be on Saturday, June 6th and Brooke's birthday would be Monday June 8th.  They blew out their candles and shared the cake with everyone.

Washington DC - China Town

We drove through China Town in Washington DC.  

Washington DC - Waiting for the Bus

Kinsley is waiting for the bus to come and take us to dinner.

Washington DC - Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Holocaust refers specifically to the genocide sponsored by the Nazi German state during WW II.  It was the highly organized and systematic persecution and extermination of six million European Jews and other groups deemed "racially inferior" by the nazi government.

Washington DC - Union Station

The bus enter in a large parking garage and we got out and went to lunch.  It was in the regular bus terminal.

Washington DC - Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest and most comprehensive library in the world.  Its collection of roughly 130 million items on 530 miles of bookshelves includes books, maps, photography, movies, music scores, sound recordings, and other printed and media works.

Washington DC - The Capital

 The Capital

 Inside there are statues representing all the States.

The star on the floor of the capital is the center of Washington DC.  The Dome is under restoration so there was cloth over most of it.  But we did get to be in the Rotunda.  

Washington DC - Ford's Theatre

 This is where Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed.  A Forrest Ranger had us sit in the theatre and he explained what happen that night.

This  is the actual gun that John Wilkes Booth used to kill the President.

Andrew Person - Our Bus Driver

Andrew picked us up at the airport and was with us the whole time until he delivered us to the airport. Our joke was the wiper blade on our side of the bus.  It rained all the time but he hated the blades going, so he usually only worked his wiper blade.  We would ask him to wipe off our side of the window.  On the last day when it was not raining he ran the blades just for fun.  He was a great driver. 

Annie- Our Tour Guide

Annie was our tour guide when we got to Washington DC.  She stayed with us on everything we went to.  

Washington DC- The White House

 The White House-  The home to the President Obama and his family

 Kinsley Landon, Austin Hill, Bret Bagley and Debbie Munns in front of the White House

 The California group in front of the White House

 Area around the White House

We are having a great time.

Gerald (Jerry) Arthur Preszler's Funeral

 Jerry with his dog.

 Randy took Grandpa Landon to Missoula for the funeral.  They stayed at a motel and visited with the family there.  Pictures of Darren, Richard, Tina, Amy and the girls in the hot tub..

 The funeral service was held at  Sunset Memorial  and the Interment was at Sunset Gardens.

 Cory and Amy Ramer; Grandpa Landon with Cody; Forrest, Brandtly and sons; Lana and her husband; Aunt Jeanne and Bart and Jolene.

 They held a dinner afterwards for the family.

More family pictures.

Kinsley- 14 years old

 Kinsley turned 14 years old (June 6th) while we were in Washington DC.  The tour director lined up a cake for her and Brooke who's birthday was coming up on the 8th of June.  The whole group sang to them and enjoyed cake.

 Kinsley had a party at her house on the following day.  14 candles is getting to be a lot.

She was excited opening her presents.