Family Day

June 11th was FAMILY DAY!!! That means that the kids & I got to go watch Tel fly helicopters! Although, it was extremely hot, it was worth it to get to see him fly. Our pilot Lt. Guymon

We got to go up in the flight tower. Maverick got a little freaked out walking up the steep stairs (they were the metal kind that you can see all the way down)...Tel was very disappointed that "his boy is afraid of heights". (I think it's an age think & that he is not doomed to being afraid of heights forever!)

They allowed us to get inside one of the helicopters so that we could see what it was like!

The kids were so EXCITED when they saw their daddy getting out of the helicopter.

One of my favorite parts was watching him walk across the airfield with several helicopters around him...it seemed like it was off of a movie!

I took video of Tel flying but it was with our camcorder so I don't know how to put them on the computer yet, sorry. It was really cool to see in real life, especially autorotations!

Tel Family Update

As a family we went to one of the lakes on Fort Rucker to see if we could spot the aligator. When we got there it was in the middle of the lake so we went closer to the edge to see if we could get some better pictures. Then the Aligator started swimming directly towards us. So the kids & I took a step back just in case! Tel puts in the for gator hunt this weekend and then the hunt is in September if he draws out. We decided that having Tel drive his motorcycle at 3am (or in the Alabama rain) wasn't the safest thing, and so we figured we should get something for him to drive. Then Tel figured if we were going to get a car we might as well get a 67 camaro so he can have a "project" to work on. If you want details on the camaro you will have to ask him because I'm sure I would get something wrong!

The kids absolutely LOVE the camaro! They tell everyone about the camaro and how it is sssooo, sssooo fast (I personally think they think it is fast just because it is loud!)

We will keep you posted on the improvements Tel makes to it (so far- it now has seat beats!)

We took a road trip to the Louisanna to pick up the camaro so we went to a few state parks on the way. The first night we camped at one of the state parks and were amazed that at 10:30pm it was still INCREDIBLY HOT & HUMID. We now understand why everyone here has camp trailers to sleep in.