Carey on July 29th, 2008

Ya can’t tell her no when she’s having this much fun! Besides a little dirt never hurt – that’s what tubs are for! (or in her case, sinks!) Look @ that dirty face! ) Time for a bath in the kitchen sink – so mom can “kill 2 birds with 1 stone”; make dinner and [...]

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Carey on July 27th, 2008

The other morning I was cleaning Isabel up with a washcloth after breakfast and was lifting her from her booster chair when she got all excited and started saying “eart…momma…eart!” At first I was a little perplexed as to what she was meaning but after she kept saying “eart…momma…eart!” I began to understand she was [...]

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Carey on July 22nd, 2008

The air show is about to begin so we are going to head to our seats and watch. Enjoy! This is a HC-130 Hercules and is used to extend the range of combat and search and rescue helicopters by providing air refueling. UH-1 Huey/UH-1 Iroquois or “Huey” famous for it’s Vietnam War use. The “u” [...]

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Carey on July 22nd, 2008

We actually got to the base just after the gates opened to the public at 8 am. The event was free and drew a crowd for both days of 377,616 people! The next Air Expo is tentatively set for 2010. Enjoy! The U.S. Air Force Thunderbird planes. This is a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter. This is [...]

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Carey on July 22nd, 2008

This weekend we headed south to McChord Air Force for the McChord Air Expo. The aerial acts that we got to watch were a C-17A airdrop and tactical demonstrations, U.S. Air Force Academy Parachute Team, Jacquie Warda, Air Force Reserve Jet Car and race, F-15C demonstrations, USAF Heritage Flight, Bud and Ross Granley Dueling YAKS, [...]

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Carey on July 21st, 2008

Day 3: Gino headed out and finished up on the south side of the house over by the neighbors house. He would have been done sooner but then realized that the door was hung on the wrong post so he had to take down the completed door and redo the whole thing. What a bummer! [...]

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