One of our favorite things to do over Memorial Day weekend is to attend the Salute to Veterans Airshow.
This was John’s first year attending and, oh my goodness, what fun it was! He LOVED it! He made it until right about 1 pm before he completely imploded and we had to leave. We had a great time looking at all the planes and watching the various demonstrations. The only downside was that it was too windy for either the 101st Airborne “Screaming Eagles” and the Canadian “Skyhawks” parachute teams to jump. All in all, it was a great time and we’ll be back next year!
We took the kids over to Joe Machens Toyota today because they had a fire truck and bounce house. Laura spent most of her time in the bounce house, but she did go into the fire truck.
John spent most of his time checking out the fire truck. He wouldn’t get inside the fire truck, but he was very much fascinated with everything else. At one point, I walked up to him and he showed me everything the fireman and Andy had shown him.
Grandpa Ken and Grandma Marilyn are in town! I tried to get a good picture of the kids with them, but that would require that the kids sit still for one second. When the grandparents are in town, the kids are crazy. Either way, it’s been a good visit!
We’ve had some big storms recently, but between it all you sometimes get the beauty of nature.
The above was a vibrant rainbow that you could see from our back deck. It’s not as vibrant in the picture, but it was beautiful. The below was a beautiful shot of the clouds as another storm was rolling in.
I was on Facebook today and was looking back through some of my old photo albums. I stopped on the one from my sorority days and just kept flipping through the photos. I keep up with a lot of my sorority sisters these days through Facebook. One sister in particular though I miss more than any.
Carol (Rakestraw) Tisdale and I have been through a lot! She’s the one in the black and white dress in the above picture. This one was taken at our formal at the Pzazz hotel. What a fun night! Carol was my “date” that night because the guy that was supposed to go had a school conflict at the last minute. It all worked out though because it was one of the absolute best nights at college. She graduated the semester of this picture, but it didn’t matter. She’s always been there even when I didn’t think I needed her to be. She was my maid of honor at my wedding and I was in her wedding. One time, we went nearly a year without speaking because of life. Once we reconnected, it was like I had just seen her the day before. Some people in life come and go, but some are always there. She’s one of my best friends even though we don’t see each other much anymore. If I needed her, she’d be in the car on the way in the middle of the night and I hope she knows I would do the same for her! Love you Carol!
We woke up this morning to a non-functioning air conditioner. The fan was blowing air inside the house, but it wasn’t getting cold. Andy took a look outside and the fan on the compressor wasn’t turning. So, insert a call to Chapman Heating and Cooling. As always, they were quick and efficient – truly awesome repair for anyone in the Columbia area. The best part? No diagnostic charge because they just did the routine yearly maintenance less than two weeks ago. Turns out the capacitor that runs the fan motor was DOA. I was quite happy to only pay $189. Not bad really.
