TANKS!

ok so yesterday was the annual Fort Snelling Military Museum Military Expo where they open up the museum of tanks and military vehicles to spectators. of course i had to go! they have lots more vehicles but these are just my favorites!

Towed howitzer:


M110 self propelled howitzer:


M109A3 self propelled howitzer:


M59A1 armored personnel carrier:


M84A1 mortar carrier:


M114 command and reconnaissance carrier


M706 "Commando" V100 amphibious armored reconnaissance and security vehicle


row of jeeps:


"Deuce and a half" variants:



Humvees not part of the show:



one of my favorite tanks, the M551 Sheridan:


row of "Patton" tanks:


The MN Air National Guard Museum was also opened up. here are some shots of my favorites there.

C130 Hercules:


F-16 Falcon:


gun from the falcon:


AH1 Cobra gunship:


The main event was a demonstration of the M60 tank and they used it to crush a perfectly good ford crown victoria! here is a video:



pics:

bunny

to make up for the last post about the horrible ants, here is a cute little baby bunny!

ants from hell

so i walked out of mollys house this morning and there was this big brown spot on the ground that was moving:



upon closer inspection it was the most disgusting thing i had ever seen... live ants stacked almost half an inch tall and swarming around who knows what. they will all be dead tonight!

obscene cupcakes

so my mom made me some cupcakes for my birthday and used individual letters on each one to spell out "happy birthday jamie"... this wwas awesome and they are quite tasty.


i admit, the following was my idea, but leave it to my mom to actually follow through with it.

we had some extra letters: