Ryan Finishes The B-Course

On Friday, Ryan had his last B-Course Flight with the Tops Dogs. We will celebrate his graduation on November 2.

Lady Crud Tournament

Friday night was the big night for the Lady Top Dogs. We had our annual Ladies Crud Tournament at the Officers Club. No, we didn't win, but we had a lot of fun and came in second place. This picture was taken with my good friend Emily Larson. Check out those sassy dog collars.

Gilbert Engagement!

Last weekend we took engagement pictures for Corey and Susana. The weather was perfect, the sunset was awesome, and we had a lot of fun taking pictures for them. We tried to make it as painless as possible...standing barefoot on rocks is nothing, right guys?

We are super excited about their pictures and have included several of them in this post. If you want to see all of them you can go to: http://www.gilbert.photoherald.com/

Sedona/Assignment!

This past Saturday we took a quick drive up to Sedona. We hiked around a little, enjoyed the 80 degree temperatures, ate some food, and took a couple of pictures.

Also, we got our assignment on Sunday night. We're going to Misawa, Japan. We're very excited to see another part of the world and get to enjoy the sights, sounds, and culture of Japan.

July 4th

We took a break from the heat of Arizona earlier this month to go to Scottsbluff for the July 4th weekend. It was a wonderful and relaxing trip. We both had a ton of fun with the whole family there. We played golf, went to the pool, ate lots of great food, played ligretto, went to some movies, raced go carts, conducted our own fireworks display, and a ton of other fun things. We were having so much fun that we almost forgot to take any pictures while we were there. Here are a couple of our favorites from the trip.

Solo!

So this post is a little...or a lot overdue. So I had my solo flight June 5. Sarah was able to go out on the flight line and take pictures of me. We've been pretty busy since then and I haven't had a chance to update the blog. So here's a quick update with a couple of pictures. The first is me getting ready for engine start and the second is the Top Dog salute as I'm taxiing out.

The "wild" West

So we got into town April 9th (close to midnight). We got into the house no problem, but we lacked a couple of necessities...electricity, water, etc. So we slept on a mattress that we found in our garage and woke up on Tuesday to get to work. The movers showed up in the morning and dropped everything off. Luckily, Sarah's Aunt and Uncle live about 45 minutes from here and gave us a hand over the next couple of days.

On Saturday, when most of the "fun" was over, we drove up to Wickenburg for some outdoor fun with Rob, Holly, and Helen Marie. We went hiking near Vulture's Peak and enjoyed the sights. The terrain was awesome, the horses were fun, and we even had a close call with a true Arizona diamondback rattlesnake. No, I didn't get any pictures of the snake. I wish that I did, but it wasn't the first thought that came to my mind. Afterwards we went back to Rob and Holly's for dinner. We talked and ate, we ate some more, we ate dessert and talked, then made some more dessert and talked. We finally left just before midnight and drove back to the Valley. Thanks for the day of fun guys!