We have celebrated the day we bought our land every year by going out to eat--this time at our favorite restaurant--La Hacienda Ranch!
We always bring quarters and Deborah and Stephen ride the
This "bucking bull" barely moved! (It was new--probably Osha approved)
Our beautiful Mommy!
And the Air Show!
A tank named Gabriel
A veteran plane!
Does not this planes nose remind you of Snoopy?
In the cockpit of the B-29
(photo courtesy of Moses)
Preparing for a "precision landing"
What a neat thing the smoke chain is!
A 70 m.p.h. outhouse!
One of the Old War Birds from The Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Oracle cuts the tape 18 feet above the ground, rotating to cut the next, and then the third...
...And then flies successfully up into the sky!
This school bus goes (they say) 350 m.p.h.!
We were impressed by this pilots extreme accuracy in the execution of his stunts!
Afterburners on the F-22!
This formation trio was very neat to see!
This pilot is 76 years old--and still fit enough to withstand 6+ G's!
Here is the only P-51 Mustang formation fliers in the country
This cute child has fallen asleep despite the noise and sun!
Blue Angels Pilots
The Blue Angels have a choreographed preparation for take-off which is very precise. (except that there was a lady who failed to keep up with the men at one point!)
There they go!
"That was great!"
What was neat about this was seeing the middle two turn over--it was so quick!
Very close...
The two solo pilots executed this maneuver--which was quite nerve wracking--I couldn't tell how close they actually got, but see them racing toward each other-----
Smoke off
Smoke on
They go their separate ways!
All six!
This poor light got run over...
Au revoir!
We all got varying degrees of sunburn!
And now Andrew's birthday!
Very fitting that we should go to an air show the day before, because planes have always been his favorite thing!
No he did not turn two! That was just my lack of creativity that caused that.
The airshow looks SO fun! :) I've liked watching the Blue Angels perform their shows (I've never seen them in person, but on a video). Pretty neat! It's funny, I was about 4 and I wanted to be an airplane pilot.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday, Andrew!
~Johanna (for the Kautts)
I like y'all's sidebar photos. :) The one of your Mom and Dad is SO old-- just kidding! :)
ReplyDeleteWe really did enjoy the air show!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the photos of us :)
Love,
Beth
Some of our other friends went to an airshow the same day you went to the one above. I wonder if it was the same one! :)
ReplyDeleteWe miss you already!
Love in Christ,
Johanna
Possibly!
ReplyDeleteIt was the Putmans. You all know them, don't you? Didn't you help them move in?
ReplyDelete~Johanna
We do know the Putmans, but didn;t see them there -- there were more than several thousand people there. :)
ReplyDeleteHa! Ok. I was just wondering. :)
ReplyDeleteWe miss you all!
~Johanna