Invisible Balloon Festival

Last weekend we met up with Ted and Rachel and took the boys out into the Virginia countryside for a hot air balloon festival. The weather was great, the sun was shining, the leaves were falling, it was otherwise a perfect day for such a journey. However, there was a little wind in the afternoon, and apparently a little wind makes for no hot air ballooning. You would think that wind would make a balloon ride even more enjoyable, but I guess the pilots didn’t want to end up in Canada or blown out to sea, so they never lifted off. Oh well, it was worth a shot, and they had a few other things to see, so we had a good time.


Adam checked out the chickens, sheep, rabbits, and donkeys, and then ate some hay.

We sat on the edge of the hay bail maze as Paul ran around like a mad man, as usual.

This guy was pretty creative with his pumpkin carving. Here Paul checked out the Pumpkin car.

And the nice thing was there was a lot of free stuff including balloon animals.

We weren't sure how he was going to handle it once he got up to get painted, but he held still and didn't mind...

And of course he got Spiderman... what else would it be? I tried to get him to get the sparkly unicorn or a butterfly, but he refused... uh, thankfully.

Another beautiful fall day, perfect for taking a break under the tree.

There were also hay rides, a monster truck ride, a car show, remote control air planes, tons of food, and this fire truck to check out... but no balloons. Oh well, maybe next year! We had fun anyway.

Ready for Candy! Or Bananas...

The boys are locked and loaded for Halloween next weekend! Got the new costumes and buckets to fill… now they just need the candy. Though I doubt either one of them needs any chocolate or sugar to overload their systems. Especially the oldest one. Check them out:


Complete with extra fluff in the belly region, as if he needed any extra there.

Iron Man!! Or War Machine, or the Hulk, or Captain America… he changes who he is every other day, though now that he’s got the costume, he’s gonna have to stick with Iron Man.

Just a little snack time, and so much better than candy... right? Adam’s first Halloween is coming up, and we’re all excited for it!!

Time for Fall

Summer is long gone, and with it goes the hot, hot days... thankfully. The leaves have changed to shades of yellows and reds and are starting to fall in the yard. Over the next few weeks, Becky will be filling bag after bag of those things to be shipped off to some secret location where all leaves eventually go. I have no idea where that may be, but I'll bet there are a lot of leaves there, because there are a lot of trees around here. But while they're still here, the boys will enjoy them.


Not much of a pile going yet, but give it time and soon enough he'll be throwing himself in.

Of course, fall also means football season! Adam shows his love for the Griz... though technically he should be cheering on his home state Terps, but it's hard to take a team seriously when their mascot is a turtle.

Throwin' leaves, always good fun.

Adam appears to be enjoying his first ever fall season. The best time of year!

And Paul even drug out the old bike for a nice ride in the crisp fall air. Getting a little better at operating this thing on his own. Won't be long before he's riding circles around us.

Gotta love this time of year!

The Miller trip... last month

It's been a long while since we made a blog post, more than a month actually, so I figured it was about time to catch up. Last month my sister and the entire, ever-expanding Missouri Miller family came to visit along with my long lost parents from Montana. We probably walked a thousand miles, but they saw it all, or at least most of it all in downtown DC. Here are a few of the highlights.


Six of the eight (soon to be nine with the newest Miller on the way) Sellers grandkids at the Capitol building.

The older boys, checking out monuments, memorials, and playing with transformers.

Somebody put that kid on a leash. Seriously. He may disappear.

The great state of Montana represented at the WWII memorial.

Just hanging out with the teenage Miller.

And Josie Marie.


Really in town to show their support for President Obama in his fight to save this country from the current economic crisis.

Outside the North lawn after brunch with Michelle and the girls.

Paul and Cousin Mo.

And the current littlest brother.

Just Mo, hanging out beneath the Washington Monument.

Grandpa, Wyatt, and the Obama family back there somewhere.


Jo, Mo, Paul, and Wyatt.

So it was a great few days off while they were here, and hopefully they enjoyed their time in the nation's capitol. Paul definitely had an awesome time hanging out with his cousins. And hopefully it won't be another year before we see them again!

Blacks and Whites Part II

Just a few more pictures from a second attempt. Becky has been trying to get a couple of photos to blow up and put on the wall, and I think she's going to go with the two pics at the top of the blog. But here are some others she took today:

Blacks and Whites

Becky took some photos the other day in her makeshift studio and got these black and whites of the boys. I thought they turned out pretty good. Check them out:

The Maryland State Fair

I wasn’t aware that there were so many types of Fairs… State Fairs, County Fairs, Town Fairs, World Fairs… who would have known?? Previously, I think I had only been to the world famous Western Montana Fair, and the Duval County Fair, so this was my first trip to a State Fair. It was basically the same thing. Same pigs, same cows, same sheep… all waiting to be sold and eaten. Same rednecks with the same accents and the same cowboy hats. But it was the same good time that only a fair can bring, and it had that same fair food smell that’s always so good. But no Tater Pigs. Oh well, I guess there’s only one place in the world to find those. Either way, we had a good time hanging out with Ted and Rachel up at the fairgrounds just north of Baltimore.


Paul did his best impression of Joey Logano (the driver of the #20 Home Depot car... for those of you non-NASCAR fanatics... and if you were the type that fit in perfectly at the fair, then you would have known that).


Ted doing his best Michael Jackson impression... "SHIMONA! Hee hee!! Look Blanket! They're all ignorant!"

Becky trying to permanently injure herself on the always-safe, well-maintained carnival ride.

Rachel and Paul enjoying an intense ride on the tea cups!

Uncle Ted enjoying the fair food.

And again...

And again... this time going for the fried Twinkie. Mmmm.

And Adam Michael had a good time in the heat, checking out the animals and watching his big brother ride the rides. Nothing beats a good day at the fair I suppose. But still, it would have been better had I had a sausage peeking out of the middle of a tater. Oh well, maybe next year!