Things are still hectic here at my house. Kris is working insane hours, and I am farther behind than ever. We planned on having the Monk and her mom and dad over Friday night, to make monkey bread. She asks about it every time she sees us. But Ashley got sick and the doctor had her home in bed. We are going to try again this Friday. Time's running out. Blake is due in a couple weeks. Being honest it was for the best to put it off. I hate Ashley being sick, but we needed a night off.
We did hit Ruby Tuesdays and I made a hog of myself at the salad bar. Took the burger home for later. Yum !
On Saturday we went to Mom and Dad's in Georgia. Mom's older brother, Harvey was visiting. On the way we stopped off in Hartwell to pick-up Kristie's dad. His family in Toccoa were having a get together also and the doctor has not yet released him to drive. Kristie dropped me at my parents and took him on up to the dinner. They came in to visit a short while on the way back when they picked me up. BTW mom had fixed the best BBQ ribs. MMMMmm.
Sunday I was working camera in the morning services and as always had a great time. I am truly thankful for my church.
After church Kristie and I went to Mishima and brought half of it home. Don't worry I'll eat it before you blink. Then we both fell asleep on the couch. Around 6:30 we got up and had a very lite snack then we watched Bean the Movie. It was on our minds after seeing previews for the new one. After we watched a couple episodes of the Mr Bean series. At 9:30 I looked Kris in the eye and said " Let's go to bed... I am tired" She agreed and we were fast asleep by 9:40. We are such an exciting couple.

Evan Almighty

This past Saturday after we all had a good meal at Master's Wok we hit AmStar... I'm sorry the Grand. Why bother with a name change?

Evan Almighty is a follow-up film from Bruce Almighty. To be honest even without Jim Carey, I liked it better than Bruce Almighty which was good. Evan has a good message, it was very funny, Wanda Sykes, Evan's asst. was hilarious (literally, every word out of that woman's mouth is hysterical).
I will admit that I was torn over going to see this movie. I was concerned the film would mock Christianity. Instead it was uplifting. I enjoyed myself from beginning to end. I would recommend this movie to anyone of any age. Bruce Almighty, while funny and having a good message was filled with overacting and sexual innuendos. Not so with this movie. It was wholesome and I did in fact walk out with a HUGE smile on my face. We need to stop making Christianity so boring, and laugh a little more. Because I'm sure that God gets a nice little chuckle Himself watching us. In fact I expect it happens often.

Go see it. It may not win an Oscar, but it'll put a smile to your face and keep you entertained for an hour and a half.

My beautiful bride and I enjoyed some down time on the 4th. We purposely made no plans other than to fly Wednesday night and watch some fireworks.

We got up just after dark and it was like flying over a war zone. Fireworks everywhere. The controller kiddingly told me I'd better fly high as we taxied out. After I got airborne he asked me how it looked. Glorious !! We circled the Anderson area a couple times mostly near the airport, and saw hundreds. Then we turned toward Clemson, and Seneca where there were professional display underway. It's a view of the 4th unlike most people see. Beautiful. Kinda like mushrooms popping under your feet.

God Bless America. Happy 231st birthday

Scott rocked today you can read it HERE .

Whoo Hoo !! My 300th POST

I never expected to be here this long. I expected it to last maybe a couple of weeks before I lost interest But this is my 300th post.

I thought that maybe I'd write once every blue moon. Turns out I am posting almost every day. And I am having a great time doing it.

Thanks for stopping by. And thanks for your comments.



Actually I am something over 300 if you add in the few from my other
blog

Tuesday came too soon. Kevin and I struggled to awaken before noon. We had stayed up until 3 am watching movies and talking the night away. But Tuesday was the day. We had called my dad, Kevin's granddad (aka " GP ") to see if he wanted to fly with us to take Kevin home. We hopped in the plane and flew down to Franklin County airport, where we picked "GP" up. Then we flew on down to meet Kevin's mom. There were rain showers all around so we had to zig and zag a little to avoid the big ones but still flew through a few light showers. Actually it was great. Safe and the plane was dusty anyway. We arrived right on time. ( oops sorry that never happened before ) And we all had a fantastic lunch at the Spirfire Deli right there at the airport.
After a very good and filling lunch ( I needed hand trucks ) dad and I flew back to his airport and sat around on the airport porch swing for a while just talking. I had so much fun.
Then I flew on home and through another light shower near Hartwell to complete the plane washing.

When I landed and was putting the plane in the hanger the winch became stuck. It took me almost an hour to free and rewind the cable, but it is working now.

Kristie and I enjoyed the evening just sitting together and relaxing to some soft Jazz. Everyone should have a George Benson cd ready.

Monday morning it was raining hard so it was easy to sleep in a little. Kevin and I had been up until the wee hours watching movies anyway. I got up around 8:00 but let him sleep in until he woke at around 10:00. In the midst of the rain storm we decided to go to the gym. So we slowly drove there only to find we could not use it. So we headed to Wally World for supplies for supper. Kevin loves our tacos and he like making stuff too so we cooked together. We also spent several hours listening to cd's. Kevin is becoming very good on guitar and he played along on a lot of stuff.
I can see an amazing improvement over the past few months. He's getting very good.
We also watched a bunch of music DVD's. I think he was most impressed with Dream Theater and G3 live. But he was also blown away by Gary Moore. I guess good music played by amazing talents has no age limits.

We watched a couple more movies and just generally had a great time soaking up the time.

On Sunday we went to the 4:15 services. Kristie was working the media center, and had to arrive early, which gave Kevo and I time to hang around A-control and show him some of the stuff. It also gave us time for Pizza. After the partial tour and just hanging Kevin informed me if they would let him he just get a sleeping bag and sleep there. His quote was " a dream room " . It is a cool place.

Perry out did himself with one of his best ever sermons on Spiritual Warfare. It's another keeper ( as are all of them ) Janet called Monday night and told me she was loving it too from the web cast. I am so glad.

A message from Russell Brown was waiting us when we returned from church. Seems the storms late in the afternoon had damaged some planes at the airport. He needed me to check it out. So we grabbed the camera and raced over to find only one plane seriously damaged by a microburst. It had hit the plane broken the tie-down chains and flipped it over totaling it out. A few others were shaken around a bit but not damaged seriously. Our plane and hanger was not touched at all. But we did get a bunch of amazing photos of the plane being lifted by a crane and turned back over and of the fire fighters working to contain the fuel it spilled. I'll post some when they get developed.

Sunday night after we got home from the airport Kevin and I were talking about current movies and he said he wanted to see Ocean's Thirteen, but had not yet seen Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's 12. So that is how we spent the night. Up until the wee hours watching both. Now we are ready.

The weekends done, the fireworks shot and I am falling back into my routine.

The past few days have been full. It all started with a visit by my sister and her son. Kevo and Janet came Friday for the concert, and spent the night.

Speaking of the concert wasn't it fun? We had a crowd with us. Ashley and her friend Merritt. Karen and Curtis, 6 or 7 friends and co-workers of Curtis, Teresa, Samantha, and one of their friends ( everyone called him "mule" .. he was a big one ) Kevin, and Janet and Kristie and me.

On Saturday after Janet, Kevin got up and going I made everyone a huge breakfast lunch combo. We hung out, listened to music and caught up on stories and then watched Nacho. Wish I could spend more time with my sis. Janet headed home late afternoon but Kevo stayed with Kristie and me for a few days.

On Saturday night we invited Teresa and Samantha back over to dinner and to go to the movies. Seems that at the concert Samantha and Kevin found some attraction so we all figured to play matchmaker.

It turned out we all agreed to Master Wok and then AmStar. We picked Evan Almighty. And had a great time. Evan is a fantastic movie and I will blog a little more about it shortly.

After the movie we headed back to the house but sent the " kids " ( Kevin & Samantha ) by the store to get ice cream. We wondered if they could find the house since they both live out of state, or if they would even try? lol But they soon returned full of giggles ( good sign ) and carrying two gallons of cream. When added to the personal stash that gave us 6 flavors. We ate cream and sat around talking for hours. Teresa is Kristie's life long best buddy, and trust me they NEVER are at a loss for words.

to be continued ...

I have a house guest this weekend. So posting will be delayed.

Did you go to the concert? It was great.