Trick and Treat Time

The time is now, the time is here, Halloween is drawing near. The other day we went down the road to where a local farmer had set up shop and was selling Fall-ish type things, and we let the boys pick out their pumpkins. We got a couple of fat orange ones, and got a pretty good deal on the price too, so it all worked out. Paul and I went to work carving on them, though it was mostly my job once Paul saw the guts inside and refused to stick his hand in to tear them out. So I had to rip out all the nasty, slimy junk inside, and thankfully... I survived. Adam thoroughly enjoyed trying to eat his pumpkin, and while Paul ran circles around the yard as usual, I had too much fun carving.

All kinds of pumpkins to choose from: little ones, big ones, fat ones, thin ones!

Adam picked this nice chunky one. Go figure.

He seemed pretty happy with it.

Stick it with a knife, cut its flesh off and rip out its insides. Such a violent craft.

Uh, I'll not be putting my baby soft hands in that smelly, sticky junk.

Num num num, give me food! I don't care if it's not edible, I'll eat it!

He carved it all himself. A natural pumpkin carver.

Adam didn't want to put his hands in either. Or his face... uh, Paul... don't put his head in there.

Excellent work Adam Michael.

Granny G and Grandpa Bill will be here in a few days, and then it's time to forage around the neighborhood for chocolate and sugar based food products. Should be excellent.

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: