Rachel's Birthday

We went to Kentucky Dam Lake State Park to celebrate Rachel's 95th birthday.  We had a really good time visiting with all the aunts and uncles and cousins and just relaxing.  The weather was perfect for cooking out and walking around the park. 

Air Show!

For Part Two of our busy October, I had to work the Wings Over Atlanta Air Show and got to photograph a multitude of aircraft, including the Canadian Royal Air Force Snowbirds and the awesome US Navy Blue Angels.  On Sunday, I brought along Luke and Lisa so they could see the planes.

We got to walk through a C-5A Galaxy, one of the largest planes in the world. 

Watching the aerobatics!

Yes, I did this to Luke on purpose.  I thought it was cute to give him propeller ears in front of this USAF C-130H Hercules. 

Luke touches a US Coast Guard plane. 

Action shot of me working. 

The USAF Thunderbirds had a demo F-16 Fighting Falcon there too, although they didn't fly. 

Luke was not a fan of the US Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as it flew by. 

A USAF C-130H

An Old Lockheed L-12

An F-16

The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds were pretty good too. 

"Fat Albert" is a C-130H that supports the Blue Angels. 

 

The Blue Angels fly F-18 Hornets.  I got to fly with them for a media flight in the back of the plane in the foreground back in 2003.  I didn't get sick (came close, but I purposefully didn't eat that morning), but I did black out. 

Fall Festival

We have had a busy couple weekends this October.  We took Luke to our neighborhood's Fall Festival where he got to play in the pumpkin patch, jump on the inflatable jumpy things that kids love, and take a hay ride with his mom. 

Swim Class

Luke just finished swimming class.  Let's just say it was an interesting experience.  The first 3 weeks, he screamed such that the other parents were asking if it was the first time he had been in a pool.  (No, he'd been with us last summer and regularly this summer).  In fact, Damien and my mom also tried class with him, thinking he might do better with someone other than his mommy.  But by week 4, he was kicking like a pro and actually enjoying himself.

Pizza

The other day, Luke asked for pizza.  So after gymnastics, we headed over to our favorite local pizza spot for take-out.  I ordered the barbecue chicken pizza (yum!) decked out with chicken, onion, bacon and barbecue sauce.  Not sure if Luke would like the onions, I picked most of them off of his piece.  Well, he thought the barbecue sauce was a little too spicy and ate little of the pizza on his plate.  I wasn't too concerned since he had eaten a peanut butter sandwich before gymnastics class, so let him leave the table to play.  I soon heard a THUNK as Luke pulled the pizza box off the stove and it landed on the floor (pizza unharmed).  Imagine my surprise to find that he was picking the onions off and chowing down!  Pretty funny.

Amicalola Falls

Grammy and I took Luke to Amicalola Falls State Park.  We skipped the 500+ stairs and took the paved pathway instead to see two views of the falls, then Luke waded at the top and had a great time getting wet!   It was a beautiful day.