Colin's Second Solo from the Cockpit

Colin completed his second solo on Sunday, November 2nd by flying from Flying Cloud Airport down into Mankato, MN airspace. Below are some pics from the cockpit!

Taxing out from ASI Jet Center
Starting to roll.....

Looking serious Out the front of the plane

The controls

Turning to the left

Colin's First Solo

Colin's first solo on October 28th, 2008 at Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, MN. Colin has completed almost the entire private pilot course. He is six flights away from getting his pilot's license! Check out the video if you want to see his first solo takeoff!

Diamond 283DC and the Hawk.

Back on the ground after the first solo in the Diamond DA-20.

Minnesota Zoo with Ford

Last Saturday, we took Ford to the Minnesota Zoo for the day. It was a chilly morning, but warmed up and turned out to be a perfect day for a trip to the zoo. We took a trip on the monorail around the zoo, checked out the aquarium (Ford loves dolphins), and saw the new Russia grizzly coast exhibit (Ford was literally one inch away from a grizzly bear swimming - so cool)! We also got really close to a moose, climbed in a grain elevator, played with the farm animals, and finished off the day with a lunch of burgers, fries, and cokes! Ford was so well behaved and just wanted to hold hands or go high as the sky on Colin's shoulders. He also got to pick out a toy from the gift shop on our way out - a safari jeep, a driver and some underwater adventure equipment!

Ford and Colin in the grain elevator. Once you made it to the top, they had slides that went down!
Ford loves his tractors.

Ford kept saying, "KT - you are in the way, so I can't drive"

Ford and the little cubrito.

Ford was not liking the cows, but we somehow managed to get him to stay in the barn.

What a cutie!

Ford thought these were so funny.

We were all tired on the way home. He tried so hard to stay awake and play with his jeep!

Dexter's 2nd Birthday

Dexter turned two on October 24th! He celebrated his birthday with a special bison meat breakfast and dinner - as well as a night cuddling with mom and dad. He got several new treats as presents (he loves his stuffed ducks), but his big presents were a monster "dinosaur" bone, a new harness which also works as a seat belt for car rides, and a water bowl that doesn't spill for car trips. He has been whipping his dino bone around the house and of course smashing it into walls because it is so big. The harness is awesome because now we can buckle him into the Jeep when we have the doors and/or top off and not worry! He is the best puppy in the world!

Mom and Dexter

Dad, Dexter, the dinosaur bone and Jeep seat belt.

Colin loves pigs.

I almost forgot I had taken these pictures at the State Fair. Colin loves pigs and got to get up close and personal in the barn at the state fair!

Biggest pig in the MN.
Wow, those are some large.......

If only he had a potbelly pig at home!

New Cars

Recently, we both got new cars - an Audi TT roadster and a Jeep Wrangler. It has been really fun driving them around - here are some pics!

SnowKat

Colin has gotten new rims since this picture too!

Fire Department with Ford, Landry, and Lindsay

On Saturday, I went to the annual Hopkins Fire Department Open House with Ford, Landry, and Lindsay. We all got to ride in a fire truck and Ford and I rode twice (once sitting in the front seat with the driver)! They had free food, t-shirts, a slide, trucks to look at, hoses to spray, and more! Ford had an awesome time and especially loved riding in the fire truck on KT's lap....he kept saying "KT - we are in a fire truck!!"

In the front seat!

Lindsay, Landry, Ford and Me!