More Pics and a Big Event

These are some more pictures I found from our trip last week.  They're kind of out of order, though.

Phil was out of town last week so I drove down with the boys by myself.  This was a few minutes into the trip and I thought, "Okay, maybe D will finally be good in the car on this trip!"  Not so much.  Lol.  He was a little better, but still not great.  Baby steps I guess!

Everyone playing together after we arrived...

The reason for Reid's chocolate mouth in the previous post.  :)

Girls' night!!  :)  Clearly I got a spray tan for the event I'm about to write about.  Lol.  You should have seen me when I first got home from the tan.  I seriously looked like Tan Mom (google it).

Davis was petting Holly oh so sweetly.

And now for the big event.... Phil got hired as a pilot for Delta!!!  I am SO PROUD of him!!  He worked so hard for it and has been studying and preparing for the interview and tests for a long time.  He had an interview right before Christmas and found out then that he was hired.  He just started training a few weeks ago.  On the first day of training he found out that he will fly the MD-88 out of Atlanta, which is wonderful!!  He was pretty sure he would be based out of New York for a while before he could get to Atlanta, but they had several Atlanta MD-88 spots available in his class, which is such a blessing.  

Another blessing is that Delta hosts a spouses's dinner the second week of training and they flew me up to Atlanta to be with Phil on a Sunday and we got to spend two whole days and nights together with NO KIDS!!!!!!  It was AMAZING!!!!  Thank you so much to my sister, Leslie, who watched D and R (and I know Becky helped a lot since she was there) and also to my mom and dad, who watched J and E (and especially Dad since he spent pretty much the whole two days with them since he is RETIRED (hooray!) and my mom had to work).  

The first day we went to the mall for a little bit and drove around to some different areas of Atlanta to check out the city, had a great meal, and just enjoyed being together with no interruptions!  The second day Phil had to go to work (training) so I slept in until 10:30, worked out, and then laid in the bed all day and watched Bravo TV with one quick exit from the hotel room to grab some snacks downstairs.  It. Was. Awesome.  

Then when Phil got home (hotel home) we got ready for the dinner!

It was held in the Delta Flight Museum which was really cool.  There was an open bar and a yummy meal, several speeches by higher-ups in the company and some others who have worked there for many years (very motivating and exciting), and a couple of videos... one of employees talking about their experiences with Delta and how much they loved the company, and another about the history of flight with Delta.  Really cool and I loved how they kept saying "Delta Family" and how important Phil and all the other guys were as the future of Delta.  It seems like a really wonderful company.  Everyone was just gushing about it.

There were many exhibits of old Delta artifacts, uniforms, and equipment... like this one of an old first class cabin and table.

Right in the middle of the building was a huge 767 jet... the first one that Delta ever flew.  

Ridiculous posing in front of all the jet things, I know... but I was so excited.  :)

They had a few old Delta planes, too.

 After all the videos and speeches every pilot stood up and told a little about himself... like how many kids he had, what he used to fly, and what he's going to fly for Delta.  Then they each went up and got their Delta wings!  We got a professional picture taken of that with the VP of Flight Operations but I don't know what happened to it or if we even get it.  Lol.  Maybe after Phil finishes training. The whole thing was such a great experience!

Back to the farm...

That foot!  That smile!

Buds!

Oh, these two!

Popeye's first time with the Baby Bjorn.  Great job, Dad!!

This was during the ride home... I would look back every so often and Reid would be sitting back there with his helmet and goggles on.  He is so funny.

Ocala Trip and Reid's 4th Birthday

We went down to Ocala last week to celebrate Reid's birthday, see Becky and Grace who were visiting, and for another special reason that I'll post about soon.  

These two... they love each other so much but bicker like an old married couple.  Lol!  They are seriously the cutest, though.  

Reid had been licking the mixing spatula for the frosting for his cake.  Can you tell?

Some pics from a great afternoon of family time and playing and riding the horse (Ben)...

Ohhhh I could eat her up...

Can you see Peaches in the window?  She wanted out so badly!  J went and got her after we saw her there. 

I love, love, love Grace's face here and everyone looking at her...

Getting ready for cake and presents!

Reid said kind of at the last minute that he wanted a digger cake, so we improvised.  

Oh, Reid.  What can I say about this one?  He is definitely the most "BOY" out of all the boys, he is very passionate about the things he loves and is very loving to the people he loves.  But he also frustrates the heck out of us sometimes!  It seems though that one second he does something that makes us want to scream and then the very next second he does something to make us laugh or want to hug him tight.  Like when I'm reprimanding him and he's staring at me with those huge brown eyes and unintentionally mouthing the words as I say them (because he's usually heard them before).  It makes me want to crack up through my frustration and smooch him right then.  He's so stinkin' adorable that it's hard to stay upset with him for too long.  He still likes diggers and bulldozers but has moved on a little bit and is now obsessed with motorcycles.  He is attracted like a magnet to anything that even remotely looks like dirt or looks like it would be fun to scoop up.  I have a hard time keeping him clean throughout the day because he loves dirt so much... especially in the summer because he gets very sweaty and the dirt just sticks to that sweat!  Lol!  He loves wearing his huge helmet and riding his bike or scooter pretending that its a motorcycle.  He is usually fearless and will try anything.  He has become such a picky eater in the last year, though!  He sucks his middle and ring fingers and rubs his ears when he's tired.  He loves his little green pillow and his bear at bedtime.  He loves the "Fireman Sam" movies on tv.  Like I said, he is very passionate and dramatic and cries very hard when he's hurt in any way.  And he always needs a band aid.  Lol.  We love him so very much!!