Brock's Big Day

September 15, 2009 Brock was sworn into the Air Force and left for basic training.

Here he is getting ready to take the oath

Pictures with the family

waiting....

Brock listening during a breifing

My last hug as he got on the bus to go to the airport - the guy right behind him was the only other Air Force inductee

Labor Day 2009

We decided on the spur of the moment to go to Wells, Maine for Labor Day weekend. That is so unlike us. But we had alot of fun.

Waiting for breakfast at the Maine Diner

Waiting in line at Animal Kingdom in York to ride the go-karts

Nubble Lighthouse

My handsome husband at Nubble lighthouse our family pic of the trip

Mom and the kids

My hubby and I

Waiting for our pizza at our favorite pizza place

In the chilly water

Heather found a whole sand dollar

The crab they found while searching for shells

A starfish Don found

The moon over the ocean

This is our favorite ice cream stand

Here is a list of all of the flavors

They have some interesting signs

The inside of the building

The Egg & I restaurant in Ogonquit - one of our favorite places to eat breakfast

Heather and her Daddy sharing a cup of coffee Brock and his Mom ready for breakfast

Walkers Point - the Bush's estate

Playing mini golf

tough shot

Brock and his Mom

on the way home

the sunset going down Spruce Hill on the way home

Lovely Saturday

The cruise ship that we went for a lunch cruise on A beautiful lake

Enjoying the view

Relaxing at Word of Life before the concert - enjoying the view of Schroon Lake The Collingsworth Family in concert at Word of Life in Schroon Lake

Kim

Brooklyn and Courtney

Olivia

Brock took this picture of us at the Legacy Five concert Watching the Ironman race

Heather the new "Annie Oakley"

Heather got her braces off Aug. 6th - this is before

and this is her beautiful smile afterwards

Las Vegas vacation

Sunrise at Albany airport Our flight to Las Vegas was supposed to leave at 7:00am. It didn't, due to personnel issues and then finally a mechanical difficulty. Then they told us the plane wasn't leaving. So we finally got a different flight, but it didn't leave until about 6pm that evening. So, we sat in the Albany airport for about 13 hours before we were able to finally be on our way. I was just thankful to be able to leave that same day, instead of being put up in a hotel and leaving the next day. So that was a great start to our vacation. We had a great time tho!

Finally on our way Here are pics of our condo for the week

The view from the living room window

The outside of our condo

Mom and daughter on the 4th of July

The sporty little Toyota Camery we drove

Driving down the strip the second evening we were there

The Eiffel tower replica on a drive by A view of the strip driving

The Stratosphere - there are 3 rides on top of this building!

A blurry pic of the lights of the strip at dusk

On our way west to Bonnie Springs Ranch and the Red Rock Canyon

Aren't they purty?! About the only flowers I saw in the desert

Grrr!!!

The new teacher in town - Heather Ready to go to the next fire

Danger: BAD SHAFT- KEEP OUT!!

Brock in an old-time wheel chair

The bathrooms at Bonnie Springs Ranch

This is me and the lady that started Bonnie View Springs Ranch - she is in her 80s and still comes out and talks to and oversees the care of these animals that she has taken in most days of the week a lynx that had been bottle fed

wolf

emu that would take a drink and throw water at Brock

goats that were butting heads through the fence

This goat liked to butt heads with the help

Red Rock Canyon

I had to take this picture - I just had to know why the rocks were red!!!

Father and daughter striking a pose

A family pic at Red Rock Canyon Brother and sisterly love

Red Rock Canyon Natural Preservation Area

My beautiful daughter Heather

My handsome son Brock

My handsome husband resting for a moment

Inside the shark reef aquarium

Brock touching a stingray at the Sharkreef aquarium

At the Luxor casino Standing like statues like King Tut

On one of the cross walks above the strip

The lions at the MGM Grand

Outside the cool M & M store on the strip

Look at the rainbow of M & Ms

Don and his hot chick

My kids and the real live yellow M & M

The Luxor casino - it had a picture from the movie Transformers on it

The family pic under the famous Las Vegas sign - just wish the lady had zoomed in just a tad

This is Roger's oasis on the way to the Valley of Fire

Las Vegas vacation

Valley of Fire

On the way to Hoover Dam

Brock was very nervous to be close to the edge, can you tell???

a mural in the visitor's center

Ouch!!! Cool man!!

Coming back from Hoover Dam also, note the clouds in the sky, unusual there

Toby Keith's Bar and Grill in Harrah's casino

Brock outside Caesar's Palace

Caesar's Forum shops

Talking stateues in Caesar's Fourum shops

Atlantis in Caesar's Palace casino

Conservatory in the Bellagio casino

Heather by the world's largest chocolate fountain at a French pastry shoppe in the Bellagio

Eiffel tower replica

Fountains at Bellagio

at the fountains of Bellagio

On the way home

My parents 50th anniversary

Our family

My brother, sister and I

My family

My sister's family

My parents and brother