Happy Memorial Day

Law degree....check...

Just a couple Fridays ago Emily received her JD. I was able to get a few pictures from that celebration. Now, she's official and is on retainer as my counsel....just in case...who knows what could happen these days. She's headed to Northwestern in the fall for the LLM degree. Might be a bit chilly come winter, but we're sure she'll overcome that obstacle with the same tenacity she's used to get through those 3 years of law school. Congrats Emily!!!!

Zoo trip

A few weeks ago we went down to the zoo to check it out. Every time I tried to post these pictures I encountered some sort of "technical difficulty" Finally! The zoo is definitely smaller than St. Louis, but it was nice to walk around for an afternoon and see what they had. We had to drive around looking for a parking space and ended up parking quite a ways away, but we had a lovely view of diamond head!

View of Diamond Head from Kapiolani Park

The zoo! We made it!!

A zoo in the city

They do have elephants

And some turtles...

Lemurs

Hippo, up close and personal

Giraffes

Driving by on the way home...giraffe checking out traffic on the street

Today's the day!

Today is the day and you are on your way. Congrats on graduation!!!! We can't wait to see pictures and are sure its its going to be a great day (even though its almost half over there and just starting here!) You've put in a lot of hard work, enjoy the celebration Emily!!!!

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating on May 4th! Everyone have a wonderful day...Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...happy birthday Scott, Tim and Maddy...happy birthday to you!!

"I'm flying to Maui on Wednesday"

That's what I heard after work one day. Tough job, eh? Do some work, see some scenery and check out some whales. I'm sure there's more "work" involved than I know about, but they've also been known to come back with krispy kremes -- Maui is the only island that has them. Things here are good. Work is keeping both of us busy. Scott has been over at the Big Island all last week and will be home Monday. He will aslso be gone for most of August and some of September -- as of now -- for NTC in California. That date has changed 3 times already, so who really knows for sure. The days are being ticked off one by one until we come home for a couple of weeks at the end of june/beginning of july. We're looking forward to a few St. L traditions; namely cardinals baseball, ted drewes and of course time with friends/family.

flying over the ocean

the view...so pretty!

and another...

I wonder where they'll land....

backwash from the rotars...impressive

Look, they made a rainbow!

coming down

Bambi Bucket...Prepare To Drop Water

So my company was given the task to support the local fire department when wild fires flare up. So whats better than taking a big bucket and dipping into a lake and then opening it to empty all 2000 gallons of water back into the lake. Well here are some pictures from it................ And no we did not pick anyone up in the bucket when we filled it, Mythbusters proved that one!!!!

The bucket flying under the chinook, did I mention that it is on a one hundred foot line.....

Bucket still flying!!!




Coming down to land.




Looking down through the hole in the center of the chinook.




The Bucket full of water (2000 gallons).




Still flying, the Bucket will not open!! So what do you do with 2000 gallons of water?




You dump it on the ground!




That's a lot of water!!!!




Ok lets try this again, the bucket is 10 feet off the water.




Dipping the bucket..




Where did the bucket go, I think we will have 2000 gallons this time..




That's one full bucket.

Yes, the bucket works!!!

That was cool!

Looking out the door, Sir you are clear down to dip!