Who will be the first cowboy???

It looks like Owen won the cowboy award for now. Amy had taken Jordan to go for a pony ride, but after appearing to be excited - once he got up to the pony, there was no way he was going to sit on it without crying and grabbing his mom. We took Owen to ride some ponies saturday night at the Star carnival - he absolutely loved it and didn't want to get off. Owen - you'll have to work on your cuz Jordan. Katie and Owen also went on a ride at the carnival - they rode a bee that flew them around in cirles as well as moving up and down - he loved it too. Katie was pretty nervous though :o)

Life in Idaho

Well, I can now say that I have some wheels - thanks to Kt and Ben, i am able to drive a 1990 Camery - its a good little car. I am also working at The Pulse Running and Fitness Shop - just a few hours a week. If you want, you can visit the store's website and check it out more: www.racingpulse.com Usually, its not too busy, so i can also work on some homework for English or surf the web. The current English paper was on observing an assisted living facility - so I got to visit one locally called Park Place and interview some of the residents - kind of interesting. Today, there was some mule parade in Star, ID - so kt and ben took owen this morning to watch it and after his nap, I might go with them to their local carnival - i guess there are miniature ponies that Owen might ride. Fun times....

...in the northwest

So thanks to Brian Chapman, my sister's husband's brother-in-law - does that make since :o) I have been up flying twice - not solo though. Brian flew to Washington today for some business stuff and before hand, he wanted to refresh himself and get some hours in. So hearing that i am a pilot as well, he invited me to come along - The first time we went up, he had to be checked out by an instructor for the plane he wanted to rent. I guess its normal for each plane you rent, you need to fill out a test and fly with an examiner - which makes sense. So Brian has been renting a Piper Cherokee 180 - low wing with four seats. The second time we went up, we flew as if we were going to washington - so i got to have the controls and keep it level and on heading. Once we got close to the airport, he took over and practiced his landings. The airplane is maybe 1960 something - way different than the planes i have been flying - which are Cessna 172 - 2005 with glass cockpits and Garmin 2100. This old plane had Garmin 400 maybe - and they thought that was pretty cool. It was my first time flying over some high terrain though! We flew up to 8,500 feet - The most I flew was like 5,500 in texas. In Idaho, the airport's elevation is about 2,500 feet and in texas the elevation is almost 400 feet - quite a difference. Hope everyone is doing well.