Fair Time

Michael & Sarah both entered several things into the local state fair. Sarah recieved ribbons for all three of her entries. Here are her works of art.

This crocheted doll recieved a second place ribbon.
Here is Sarah's pencil drawing of her old combat boots, Comfortable Boots. Which also recieved a red ribbon.
And last but not least, her recent pencil sketch based off of a photograph found online. Mountain Retreat recieved the first place, blue ribbon!

Fair Time (cont)

Here are Michael's ribbon winning pictures from the Tanana Valley State Fair here in Fairbanks; eac in their own category.

This Peaceful Puffin from the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward made 6th place.
This Denali Highway Sunset during Memorial Day Weekend recieved the fifth place.
This Almost Dry cormorant from the Gulf of Alaska recieved 4th prize.And the Blue Ribbon goes to this picture of the Windows of Kennicott Copper Mine in Wrangell-St Elias National Park!

David and Goliath?!

Nope, just Michael and Sarah playing with their new toy last Sunday, a sling.

Sarah has been working on a story and one of her characters' weapon is a sling. in order to write accurately and effectively, she has been doing some research online. Along with her online studies of the workings, she decided to create a prototype to test out herself. We discovered that hurling rocks with a sling can be quite fun.

한국 문화 –Korean Culture

Michael just got back from a weeklong TDY to South Korea. He was able to meet and a work with his Korean NBC counterparts and gain a better understanding of how the two nations would work together if they had to go to war against North Korea.

Did you know that the the Korean War never actually ended?! All these years, the countries have been under a Cease-Fire Agreement.

Michael was also able to enjoy some local culture, including Korean food and some theater performances. Here are some of his pictures:

A Sunset,

And some colorful theatrical perfomances



Impressive...

A Pretty Sunset

This was taken on our Memorial Day trip a little before midnight. I just forgot to post it earlier.