November 5th, with July 4th Fireworks

We had some fireworks leftover from July 4th.

Mom decided that she was ready to have them

out of the house.

So, we spent one evening entertaining our neighbors.

(all before 8 pm)

I was in charge of the 'torch'.

At one point, mom and Todd were certain that I had a

flaming jumper. This would not have been good,

nor would it had been a BIG surprise to my family.

I did manage to come away without 'torching' myself.

WHEW!

A small one....

Todd considering a career as a flame dancer.....

These are called 'Morning Glories'.

Ares 1-X

My mom grew up on the very street that we live on. We are able to watch shuttle launches from our front yard. Sometimes, we go in the back yard to view the rockets that are launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Station because those launch pads are further south of us. My mom's dad worked for NASA for many years, she has seen many launches. She has told us how windows in their house would rattle when the Saturn V rockets launched the Apollo capsules into space. The shuttle program is winding down, there are just a few more launches left.

Today was the first time the ARES 1-X rocket was test fired. My dad was excited, it involves his work.

The Ares from our front yard.

The shuttle moves slowing in the sky,

but the Ares moved much quicker.

Always a good feeling here when a launch is successful!

Aimée

Monday's HYMN

This has been a busy fall for us. It has been warm here in Florida, which means the grass

continues to grow, and we continue to mow. :) School keeps us busy, but Todd and I both enjoy it. There are many opportunities for us to help with public ministry through our church, and that keeps us really busy... in a very nice kind of way.

Mom caught me and Todd a couple weeks ago

while we were all out distributing a booklet

that is a sermon our pastor preached called

"The Essesence of Christianity".

We had 40 teams from our church

go out with maps and cover

a certain portion of DeLand, Florida.

Todd and I were a team,

while Mom, Dad and Bear were another team.

It was a beautiful Saturday for this in DeLand.

One of the things I LOVE at our church is that we SING a lot. We sing all the verses of each hymn, and we sing different songs all the time. I have learned so many new songs at this church, and they are all songs from the same hymnal of our old church. It is really nice to sing some of the other songs in the hymnal. Here is one from yesterday:

COME, YE DISCONSOLATE

(Thomas Moore 1826)

Come, ye, disconsolate, where'er ye languish,

Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.

Here bring your wonded hearts, here tell your anguish;

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,

Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!

Here spaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,

"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure."

Here see the Bread of Life, see waters flowing

Forth from the throne of God, pure from above.

Come to the feast of love; com ever knowing

Earth has no sorrow, but heaven can remove.

I am off to school...

Aimée

More TICO BELLE

I got a picture of TICO BELLE's Shadow over COCOA BEACH.

Over the Atlantic ocean...

in the middle of the picture is the

Banana River, and the hospital where I was born.

Also, in this picture is the BIRKENSTOCK STORE

where my mom gets many of her Birks.
We didn't stop to shop! :)

As we flew over PORT ST. JOHN....


We were all very happy that Bear got to fly on 'his' plane.


Another view of Cocoa Beach

It was a lot of fun to take this flight on a plane with so much history.
It was a fun thing to be able to do with my whole family.


Aimée

Flying

My brother, Bear, loves airplanes. There is one plane that is his all time favorite. It is a C47 WWII era plane that is located at the Warbird Museum near our home. Her name is TICO BELLE. She recently started to fly again, after having crashed in 2001. A friend of ours emailed my mom one day and told her to call the Warbird Museum, that they were offering flights on her. Mom called, then called dad, then we went out to the Warbird Museum and bought tickets for all of us to fly on TICO BELLE. Bear was excited. After having to reschedule our flight several times, Saturday was our day to fly. It was a really nice flight. TICO BELLE is a plane full of history. She was flown by young American men in WWII, and later became the plane that transported the DANISH ROYAL FAMILY. She now is at home just about 3 miles south of our home at the Warbird Museum. This is where my Bear fell in love with her. It was fun to watch Bear on his first airplane flight on his favorite plane.

Me on TICO BELLE
Bear and I looking over TICO BELLE.

Todd and Bear were on one side of ROW 1,

I was on the other side.

Mom and dad sat behind us.

Leaving the hangars at the museum.

We are heading toward COCOA BEACH.

I liked seeing the propeller go.

Busy Fall

October is here. In Florida, that means that the grass is still growing! Todd and I are back in school full time, and still mowing full time. I am ready for a break from the mowing.

This week, mom and I got our hair cut.

We had to wait just a little bit.

We both were ready to fall asleep on the nice comfy sofa.

I went first. I was happy to have my hair cut.

I have thought about letting it grow,
but I decided it would be too much trouble.

I am not a hair girl.

I like my hair to be quick to wash, dry, style,

and out the door without fuss.

Aimée Noelle

September Shorts

September has been a fast month. Todd and I are back in school now. We are still mowing, a lot. Todd's business is always busy. That is not bad, but it does keep us very very busy.

Here are some highlights from September. My mom and Bear have been sick. My mom has had the flu and has had a hard time getting over it. She is a diabetic and has a hard time getting over things. Todd and I have grown up hearing, "Don't make your mother sick". LOL Dad warned us over and over to not get her sick, because she doesn't get over it quickly. This month she has had a hard time getting over the flu. We are hoping that she is starting to get over it.

We have been working on a SHORTS FOR AFRICA project. We finally completed all the shorts on Monday night. Mom was ready for me and Todd when we got home from class. We spent the next few hours pulling drawstrings through shorts...LOTS OF SHORTS. We were done at 1 am.

Each pair of shorts, has a pocket on it that are the colors of the WORDLESS BOOK.

Todd and I were very loopy at this point. Everything made us giggle.

On our first night of class, my parents and Bear went to DIXIE CROSSROADS for dinner.
This restaurant is famous for their ROCK SHRIMP.
But we all love their.......

corn fritters!!!! Mom brought a whole box of corn fritters home

for me and Todd to have after class. They were soooooooooo good!

Todd preaching at the Nursing home one Sunday.

We are back in school which means it is back to taking tests.

We got our first test back this week.

I aced it! WHOO HOO!

Todd did pretty good... I just did better. :)

It has been a wonderful September.

I am looking forward to cooler weather

and a little less mowing!

Aimée