Shoot 'em up!

I felt like we were a bit of a white trash family when we got up early saturday morning and headed out to do some shootin'!

Jack seriously loves his ear protection. He puts them on before we even leave the house. He wears them on the short drive down our road, past the prison and trailer parks and out into the desert (doesn't it sound like we live in a lovely neighborhood?) He just keeps those "mickey mouse ears" on all day!

I like the handgun best. Don't try breakin' into my house when Quinn is gone, I keep this babe by the bed!

No, this is not a real gun.

Yes, that is a really cute little face made extra chubby by the "ears."

Jack shootin' the real gun with his Daddy.

On the way home I made Quinn stop the car so I could pick some of these:

Quinn: "San..(he says in that warning voice that tells me he doesn't trust what I am about to do)

Be careful not to poke yourself!"

Me: "The actual fruits don't even have pokies on them."

I proceed to pick.

Quinn: "Are they even edible? What if they are poisoned?"

Me: "They're not poisoned, people make jam out of these!"

Now I have about 5 or 6.

Me: "OUch, oh....oh man..they do have stickers on them!"

It turns out the fruit themselves seem harmless as they just have a few spikes on them that are literally as flexible and thin as a human hair. They eventually stick ya though and my fingers still hurt 2 days later, nasty little suckers!

I did eat one half-hearted bite and one big whole-hearted bite

(after doning my gloves and cutting away all the skin)

but they don't taste like much, just very juicy and tasteless.

Those jam makers must use alot of sugar.

You can't be kidding me!

After my last post about the Airplane hotels, imagine my surprise when we checked into our hotel in Colorado Springs and saw this next door:An Airplane Restaurant!

The tables are actually inside the plane. I would say thats the next best thing to the airplane hotels. We already had our reservations at the Melting Pot and I was super stoked about my long-awaited fondue so we will have to try the airplane restaurant sometime today.

We are with out our cute little munchkins but we had some amazing reminders of them. On the two block walk we passed "Jack Quinn's Pub" and the Melting Pot is located just under "Chase Bank"
I do miss my boys a bit but I am loving just sitting here at the computer without anyone hanging on my leg, banging on the keys or screaming from the other room. I am heading to the base in a few minutes to swim laps and attend a yoga class, ahhh...this is what I like on my days alone.

I really want to stay here:

(And of course my hubby would think he had died and gone to pilot heaven)

Or should I say, I want to stay in this suite since this whole airplane is just one room. This crazy hotel in Costa Rica disassembled the plane and brought it to the jungle/beach on 5 semi trucks, then reassembled it. How cool is that? Here is the balcony with an amazing view of the ocean below. The bedroom, oh la la. But, whats with the 2 beds? Can I request one king bed please?

The shower has a giant window looking out onto the jungle, the monkeys there get quite a show.

This place is like $500 a night which I think it not too bad but when looking for a better deal I would love to try the:

JUMBO HOSTEL in Sweden.

They left it parked at the airport for traveler convenience. The cockpit room
This is the "Honeymoon Suite"
(You can get married on the wing if you would like!)

A Coach bedroom. The overhead bins are still there!
You can buy "in-flight meals" and eat them on the original first class chairs which have been arranged for better conversing.
I want to go.


If I wasn't married to Quinn I probably wouldn't care too much but I love that guy and he loves airplanes...I think this is going on the bucket list. Someday...

I can't believe I havn't posted since my Quinn got home! But, with the trip to the ranch in Wells, NV, the 70 person family reunion in Orem, a couple days in Mesa and lots of fun in between...can you blame me?

I love having my Husband back. We have fun while he is gone; I work extra hard to take care of my 2 boys so they don't feel like they are missing out but when he comes home it is like the big missing piece of our family is put back in place and we are all happier and more content.


Jack and Chase were so excited to see him this time. No mad faces, no grumpiness, no shyness, no clinging to grandma (all of which have happened at some time or other when he comes home). This time it was all squeels, hugs, kisses and laughter.


Quinn and I have commented to each other many times in the past 2 weeks how much we love our little family. Jack is so sweet, imaginative, loving and kind. Chase is spunky, cute, silly and much happier now. We are loving that they are just a little older so that we have just a little more fun and a little less stress.

My wonderfully gracious and talented sister Tracy Anderson did some awesome pictures for us again! She deserves an extra thanks because not one is she a very busy mother of four young children but she had just helped plan and pull off the above mentioned family reunion for 70 people. So, THANK YOU TRACY!!





I tried to upload a bunch of other pictures of the session but blogger is being way lame so these will have to suffice, there were tons of great ones...maybe next time.

P.s. Yes, you can congratulate me on this being my 100th post, I'm such a blogger!:)