Air Force Week

Sorry it has been so long since our last post - Things got pretty crazy around here as soon as the kids got back. The boys were selected for a team for football. They are officially both "Warriors." It wasn't really a surprise since Chad is the assistant coach for the team and this will be my 3rd year as a team mom.



This past weekend was the Offutt Air Force Base Air Show. It is typically a big local event and there is a lot to do. This year however, it was a nationally publicized event. Only 3 cities around the U.S. were chosen to host an Air Show for National Air Force Week. One was on the East Coast, one was on the West Coast and the final location was Bellevue, Nebraska.

Needless to say, the Air show was even bigger and better than usual. We watched demonstrations and toured planes for about 4 hours. It was hot but for the most part an overall enjoyable day.
This is one of the planes that did a demonstration. It is amazing how big this plane is, yet it was the quietest plane in the air!

The finale was the Thunderbirds. We were all awe-struck. I just can not imagine my children waking up one day asking to do stunts in a plane going over 300 miles an hour.

We spent the end of the weekend fixing the rest of our deck. Sadly, two children, a teenager with down syndrome and a little girl (about 3 years old) from about 2 blocks away wandered out of their home and went missing for awhile on Saturday while we were at the Air Show. (The family of the two girls walks the neighborhood frequently.) While they were wandering they came across our neighbor's pool with the gate unlocked. Unfortunately the little girl fell into the pool and the other girl was unable to get help. Instead she wandered to a nearby parking lot where the police eventually found her. When medical officials finally located the 3 year old, she was floating in the pool and was unable to be revived.

It makes my heart drop to think that it could have just as easily been our pool. How tragic for the family and for the neighborhood. I just can not imagine returning home to find that this had occurred at our house. The people who lived at the home with the pool were at the Air Show as well.

Well - Now that I have bored you with our local news... I just cut over 8 inches off my hair today. I am hoping to post some pictures later this week. Let's just say, that it is the shortest I can ever recall my hair being!