Graduation Squared

Last Saturday Elaine and the rest of us observed (from very good seats) the graduation from BSU of not one but two of her kids. Nate and Kara walked the walk, he with honors and she for the second time. It was a great event. Tom flew out from Cincinnati on Thursday and Latassa got here on Friday. John came up from Provo also, with his dad. Elaine got to see all here kids together and get some nice pictures. So where are they, you might ask. Floating around somewhere on a CD, I guess. I thought they were on my laptop hard drive but, evidently, not.
I also got the chance, finally, to fly my RC airplane. I figured out that it had been 35 years since last I'd thumbed the stick of a transmitter to fly an airplane. I was a little wired about doing it, hoping I wouldn't crash, but still fully expecting to auger. I even brought a crash bucket with me, to bring all the pieces home. No one was more surprised than me, when I managed to pull it off; not once, but twice! It was a perfect day, on a perfect field (a sod farm-RC heaven). I have to thank Elaine again for giving me such a great Christmas present. It was just what I wanted.
I'm in Montgomery, Alabama this week. I hope to get down to see Kevin, Amy and Chloe on Thursday. Looking forward to that, and hearing about Kevin's experiences finally getting to fly a whoptychopter. I will return and report.

Junior Missing

Time to catch up on the blog. This will be a brief report on the weekend at Bonners Ferry. We flew up on Saturday to attend the Junior Miss pagant. Amy J was one of the contestants, and a wonderful one she was too. The whole event was very well done, in my opinion. The level of preperation was evident in the musical numbers and I now fully appreciate the amount of time and effort the girls put in getting ready for that thing. I was enormously proud watching my littlest girl up there in the bright lights, comporting herself with grace and style.

We had a great time seeing all the kids and grandkids. And they were all there. Tanner is now the same size as Andrew, and the way he is growing he will soon be bigger than me. Kevin has all the pictures of the pagent and the get together. he is going to put them on a CD for distribution.

I am in Memphis this week. Here is me with the Peabody ducks. They are still here. Just like in the book.