Nevada
Back to Montana, First Day of School, and Halloween 2011
We took a trip back to Montana (our 5th this year I think) to see Mariah’s new baby Berelle and visit everyone there. It was a super short trip, but as usual the kids had a great time on Grampa Russ and Gramma Lilly’s farm with the baby chicks. They could chase those things around for days on end, I’m sure…
Halloween saw some additional use of the standard costumes that’ve been passed down from kid to kid to kid… Welcome to the ladybug costume Mills! Worry not, you won’t be the last to wear it though. Mystery baby #4 due next month will probably take it for a spin in a couple years!
Also we’ve got a few of the girls on Chloe’s first day of Kindergarten, Lilla’s first day of 1st grade, and Mills first day of first days of Lilla/Chloe’s first day? 
The Hoover Dam Stops the Colorado River
They really had better technology than you’d think back in the 1920s. 88 people died in the building of the Hoover Dam. Think about that today? If something in the US was being built and had 88 deaths? I was thinking about that the other day – not being rude to the dead, but think about it today if just 1 or 2 people died during a building. How about the reaction after 20 people, but 88? Might get sticky. I tip my hat to the men and women that built the dam for sure. It’s a massive, amazing, modern marvel.
As far as the shot, Heather wasn’t as impressed with the trip as I was – interesting to note the 40 foot drop in water level above the dam. The water can make for some good color variations both on dry land and through the water – a nice polarizer will dim the heavy reflections that the sun brings in across the water…
