No Air...

Early Tuesday morning (1:30 am) Debbie got a call from Tyson letting her know he was going to land at Mtn. Home, AFB around 11 am on his return to Nellis from Kuwait and asked if Debbie could get Kendra from her Mom's in Parma to Mtn. Home, AFB as soon as possible after his landing so they could see each other and so Tyson could see Kendra's cute tiny pregnant belly.

Debbie, of course, said sure she could pick Kendra up after Debbie finished work in the morning. Debbie then realized that she wouldn't be able to get Kendra to Mtn. Home until a few hours after 11 am and tried to come up with any way for Tyson and Kendra to be able to spend as much time together as possible.

So Debbie called Ranee and asked if Ranee could ditch work on Wednesday and drive out to Parma, pick up Kendra and take her to Mtn. Home. Of course Ranee could do it. Kendra arrived shortly after Tyson disembarked from the plane.

And, as you can see, Tyson and Kendra were very happy to see each other after Tyson's TDY in Kuwait.

There was a lot of drama about whether or not Tyson would be able to 1. leave his hotel room or 2. even leave the base; which would put plans of seeing others at risk. Debbie, Collin and Hunter arrived in Mtn. Home a few hours later and we all hung out in Tyson's hotel room on base while Tyson helped his troop unload their equipment from the truck and into their rooms. And since Tyson is such a fantastic troop, he was able to leave the hotel and the base! Yay! We went to Mtn. Home and spent some time with them then he and Kendra spent some time with Darren and family who had driven down to see Tyson after he got off work.

The best part? Kendra was able to stay with Tyson until the next morning. Next up for the cutest couple? Kendra's got her ultrasound appointment next week and within 2 weeks they'll know if they are expecting a baby boy or a baby girl.

McCall, Idaho

We went up to Grandpa Bob and Grandma Katherine's condo in McCall over Memorial Day weekend. Collin and Hunter climbed up the rocks behind the condo.

We ate some yummy food, played the Wii, spent some quality time together.

Saw some beautiful scenery around Payette lake.

And Lynda got a tick.

Taush's Final Choir Performance of the Year

Grandpa Bob, Grandma Katherine, Lynda and Ranee went to see Tausha's final choir performance of the year. Of course, Famine Song was great, Taush sang with four other girls during one song. Taush's friend Conda had an amazing solo in Can't Buy Me Love and Grandpa Bob said that Taush and one other girl were the only one's showing any sort of emotion and feeling while singing the songs.

 Way to sell it Taushina! American Idol here she comes!

Setting Up Sunday

So, Tausha has this totally awesome friend who she loves to sing with, Brenna Wasser. They really sound great together. Tausha and Brenna are in choir together at school. Today, I taped them singing a Meg and Dia song, "Setting Up Sunday". They did a great job! Tell us what you think.



Here's a link to Meg and Dia singing "Setting Up Sunday". Hmmm, I think I like Tausha and Brenna's version better. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgN1nISa-00

DC!

Adventures in DC Day 1: So... Hunter, Collin and Debbie joined up with Ranee at BWI airport Saturday evening. The flights from Seattle and Boise were long but HEY, we can't complain, we partook in the miracle of HUMAN FLIGHT! We took a bus from the airport to the Amtrak station and waited for a little less than an hour for our train which then took us to New Carrollton. Our hotel's shuttle service picked us up and we got settled into our room. We called it a night and got a good night's sleep. Hunter said he slept like a baby, a non-screaming one. Collin fell off the bed and didn't remember in the morning. Debbie heard the fall and made sure he was ok. Ranee had to get Collin to sleep on his side of the bed and NOT diagonally across the bed!

Soaking wet in DC Day 2: We slept in ENTIRELY too late, waking up sometime after 8:30 a.m. After figuring out what we wanted to do today we headed to the Metro Station to catch the orange line to the Smithsonian stop. Thus began our first day at The Mall.

We went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History...

We saw the Washington Monument...

We saw the World War II Memorial...

and found a friend of Styx. We saw the Lincoln Memorial and have some slight discrepencies in steps from the reflecting pool to Lincoln (Hunter: 85, Collin: 86, Ranee: 88, Debbie: 89, National Park Service: 98). Someone is wrong, and we think one of them is the National Park Service. We did all of this in either the pouring rain or the sprinkling rain. It was fun and SUPER WET.