Tornado Intercept Vehicle

Yesterday, we found out that the Tornado Intercept Vehicle from the Storm Chasers series was going to be in town for 3 hours today. Three hours only. And in the middle of the day. After talking, Gene and I decided to check Austin out of school for a couple of hours to take him to see the thing.

We didn't tell him that we were going to check him out. We didn't want to get him distracted for the few hours that he'd be in school during the morning. I went to the school to check him out and he was completely surprised. And when I told him where we were going and what we were going to see he was even more thrilled! The guy in the picture is Sean Casey, the camera man who built the vehicle.

Summer pics

As the summer's winding down, here are some fun pictures from the summer. Austin learned how to swim for real this summer! He is completely thrilled. We signed him up for lessons at the YMCA before summer camp. Over the July 4th weekend, he just decided he was tired of floaties and started swimming on his own under the water! Andrew swam well too this summer with his swim belt. He'd let go of us and kick his feet under the water.

Fair 2010

We decided to take the kids to the fair this year. Neither had been yet and I have fond memories of riding rides, eating all the fair food, and just having fun as a kid. As children, we mostly went to the local carnival that was in Gulf Shores during the summer. It was such a treat every year.

We knew it would be expensive, but my goodness! Never the less, the kids had a great time and that's what's important. Austin loved riding the rides. His favorite was the caterpillar roller coaster. It made me so nervous for him to go on by himself. Andrew had a good time too riding the dune buggies and the merry go round.