Christmas card material

Well the girls and i had a blast this past saturday as we took in the USAF's 2006 Air Fest at Scott Air Force Base. I know what you're thinking, "Britton, do 18 month old girls get excited about air shows?" to which i am compelled to reply, "i dunno, are F-18's probably the awesomest things ever?" Because we got to see a ton of them up close and performing acrobatics just feet off the tarmac. We saw everything from B-17's, P-51's and Mig 17's, to F-22's. We called Granddaddy Rhodes and told him that we were watching the Thunderbirds perform their show while we were sitting under the fuselage of a B-17. We wished he could have been there to tell us all about the acrobatics that they were doing, instead i had to make up names like, "hey girls that plane just did a whirly-doo," or "now he is rolling into a triple sow cal and then reversed into a triple lutz blitz package." Any way, Granddaddy proceeded to tell me about the time when the bombs got jammed in the bombay and he had to climb back there and kick them out and also the time when he got back from a mission with 254 bullet holes in his aircraft. Things have really changed, we don't have a single bullet hole in our Honda Odyssey.
The girls did have fun, but i think their favorite part was the people watching. Air shows appear to attract your typical NASCAR crowd (no offence to NASCAR fans). Most importantly, our day at the base gave Elizabeth 7 hours alone at home, where she caught up with friends and caught up on sleep. For those counting, Sept. 23rd is 37 weeks (a.k.a. full term for twins) She has been having contractions pretty consistently for 3.5 MONTHS now. We are just trying to keep her off her feet and hydrated. Feel free to pray for physical and emotional strength for her and also that we get our house sold; that's still hanging over our backs. But like Dad said, "At least your problem is that you HAVE a house, alot of people have the opposite problem."

later,
br