Jane Wayne Day

On Friday, June 5th, I was able to take off work and participate in Jane Wayne Day with several other spouses from Joel's unit. We started off the day eating breakfast with Colonel Haines and Sergeant Major VanOostrom. After breakfast we flew in both the Huey and Super Cobra flight simulators. While I was flying the Huey I did good until it came time to land and unfortunately I crashed...thank God it was just a simulator. The Super Cobra was more fun because not only were we able to fly, but shoot rockets and guns at oil rigs and other objects and see them explode. After everyone finished, we went to MAG-29's classrom to eat lunch. Then we made our way over to the Super Stallion hanger to take a tour and explore inside one of the aircrafts. We all were able to sit in either the pilot or co-pilot seat and one of the pilots explained what all the controls were for and the purpose of the Super Stallion. To end the day, we went to the ISMIT which is like a huge video game to practice shooting a pistol and M-16. I was able to shoot both types of guns and not only did we shoot at targets, but at bad guys in different scenarios. I had a ton of fun and was so happy I was able to get to participate.

Unfortunatley, this was the only picture I was able to take because the battery on my camera died. This picture is two other wives and me standing in the side door of the Super Stallion.

Unexpected Guest

While Joel was in Yuma, I bought two ferns to hang on our front porch. Not long after he came back home, Joel was watering them and he noticed a small bird's nest in one of them. A few days later we found five little blue eggs. Now one of the five eggs have hatched and we have a cute little bird and a dead fern. The proud parents are red-headed finches.

Gone Fishing

Last Sunday afternoon, Joel and I went fishing at Eleven Lakes in Maysville. Joel bought me a pink and purple fishing rod and we used crickets for bait. Although I have to admit, Joel had to put every cricket on the hook and take the fish off after I caught them, we both had a lot of fun and caught a lot of fish. Joel caught fifteen and I caught twelve.