Welcome Home!!!

Melissa, with the kids drove down to El Paso to welcome Josiah home from Iraq. It was quite exciting seeing the many people waiting for husbands, sons, dads, moms brothers or sisters. As the plane roll into Biggs Airfield the cheers got louder, when the hatch was open and soldiers walked out the cheers were even louder. Balloons, poster boards, flags everywhere cheering the soldiers.

Isaiah and Melissa waiting for Josiah

Melissa, Avery and Josiah.

One happy Momma.

Josiah with dad, brother and sister.

Blake tried hard to stay awake, but by 11:00 he couldn't make it, Josiah took a picture with him anyway. I think Josiah was just as tired as Blake too.

Welcome Home Son and Thank you for your service in Iraq!!

Business Meetings

Also in October we had a business meeting

which brought Terry's family together.

Terry, Joan, Grandma Barrett, Dennis and Richard

Wisconsin

In October we flew into La Crosse, Wisconsin for the purpose of Terry interviewing for a job with Multistack which is in Sparta, Wisconsin.

The scenery in Wisconsin was beautiful, and a bit different from the desert in El Paso.

As Terry and Kurt were in Sparta for Terry's interview. Cathy and I went touring the big town of LaCrosse. We came a cross this gazebo, and take note of the lettering on top it says friendship in English and then in Russian, Kurt and Kathy were the friends we met in Russia.

Terry and Kurt standing in front of

the Multistack factory.

The silly things friends do just for a picture.

Thanks for a great time Kurt and Cathy!

September Sped By

Every day at the airport can be a

taste of history - a 1937 Waco

The Tomato Harvest wasn't plentiful this year,

but it tasted good.

My brother David, Yvette

and the newest family member Zara.

Go Miners!

Terry has been working diligently at the airport. He

pulled 4000 feet of electrical wire

underneath the runway.

This is why Terry did what he did!

The 3 day knee surgery for my dad became a 12 day ordeal.This is my sister, Annie with my Dad.

She loves the camera.

Miss Avery posing for a Harvest picture.

Blake, our three year old grandson, plays soccer.

For those people who are always asking what do we do out at the airport. We've added the Horizon Airport Blog as one of the links. Take some time and take a look at all the hard work Terry and employee, Phil Schneider have done this last year.

Celebrating again! This time it was my friend Donna's birthday.

Julie, Donna and I drove to Belen, New Mexico and spent the night at a Bed and Breakfast.

The next day we took the train, Rail Runner, into Santa Fe.

Our lunch in Santa Fe was quite delicious so was the sightseeing and the shopping.

The ride back to Belen on Saturday afternoon was a cultural experience with debut of Shakespeare on the rail:vignettes of Hamlet, The Tempest and Pericles.

This was a great weekend filled with fun memories.

As a board member of the Credit Union, Terry needed to attend
The National Director's Conference in Las Vegas, so I tagged along.

We stayed at the Palazzo/Venetian and one of evenings we attended the Blue Man Group.

As a thank you for watching the kids Melissa and Andrew
gave us tickets to Cique du Soleil Mystere.
This was one of my favorite acts - Hand to Hand

Terry came back rich not with money...
but with information and insight
to present to the Board and Management.

Isaiah heading out to the Military Ball

Birthday Surprise!

Relaxing with my dear friends Donna & Julie,
as we celebrate Julie's Birthday.

Avery's birthday was next, Grand-pappy and I decided to give her a small birthday party since the grand-kids were staying with us while Andrew celebrated his birthday in Las Vegas.
Here is my little 5 year old with her cousins and Blake.

Celebrated Terry's birthday at a fancy restaurant with
Melissa and Isaiah.

Horizon Airport purchased a 1975 fuel truck, after much rebuilding and upgrading Terry finally put the Jet A fuel truck into service, and here was our first customer a Black Hawk helicopter.