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Watermelon!

Posted by Dave Minor Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:37:00 GMT

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Where's the mute?

Posted by Dave Minor Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:26:00 GMT

”... and the endless flow of almost entirely content-free chatter.”

—Tim Bray on his 8 year old son and friend at a ballgame chatting.

I can relate, but I’m not sure I can share his feeling of it being a “treat to listen to.”

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Welcome to My Minivan

Posted by Dave Minor Thu, 10 May 2007 16:28:00 GMT

I’m glad to know there are others who share my frustration with how my vehicle looks.

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Springtime Smiles

Posted by Dave Minor Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:44:22 GMT

Just some great shots of some very handsome boys!

Both the older boys can make the baby smile and giggle. It seems like all 3 of them are born to make the others laugh. I pray that continues!

Kyle isn’t sitting by himself yet, but with a little support, he does pretty well. He thought these flowers were really cool and just wanted to grip them as tightly as he could!

Good buddies.

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Post Spring Break Quiet

Posted by Dave Minor Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:30:04 GMT

Listen. If you’ll press your ear against your display and listen very quietly, you’ll hear… me working and not listening to my boys “play” during spring break.

What am I going to do this summer??

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$100 Ice Cream Cone

Posted by Dave Minor Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:27:52 GMT

In the flying community, there is a term known as “the $100 hamburger” which references the cost to load some folks into an airplane and fly somewhere for a meal.

Last week was spring break and it rained most of the week. The kids played pretty well inside most of the week although my nerves were getting pretty sparse by the end of the week.

On Friday, the sun was out, the wind was fairly calm and we got an urge for an ice cream cone. Not just any ice cream would do though. We needed some Braum’s. So we took our first family flying trip to get some.

The closest Braum’s to us is in Poteau, OK which is a one hour flight takeoff to landing. I was most concerned about Kyle would deal with the noise, but he did fine. Slept on the way there and smiled all the way home.

BTW, this was my second Braum’s experience this month without having to drive hours to get it.

I was remiss in not getting any pictures of us at Braum’s. Here are a couple of shots of some of the family in the plane.

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The Flying Leap

Posted by Dave Minor Sun, 22 Jan 2006 03:05:57 GMT

Today marks the completion of a dream that I’ve had since childhood. One in which I know I share with a lot of people. I feel very honored to be able to say that, as of today, I am a private pilot.

It may have taken 8 scheduled days to get the winds to cooperate, but today was a beautiful day finally!

I spent the morning taking the practical test and hanging around the airport hoping to find an instructor on the field who had time to check me out in a larger plane then the Cessna 152 I’ve been training in. My hopes were to take my boys up this afternoon in a Piper Cherokee 140, but the schedules didn’t work out today. Probably for the better.

After lunch, I gave short rides to very special people in my life. First, I got to take my dad flying. He is the man who I got the flying bug from when he went through this process years ago. He hasn’t flown in about 15 years, and I was almost as nervous with him flying with me as I was with the examiner!

Next, I took each of my older boys, one at a time for a short ride over our neighborhood and through a couple of landings. They all had a good time. Sarah was taking care of the Kyle, so I’ll have to steal her away soon to go with me on a special day trip.

I noticed that Weston immediately figured out what the yoke controlled and how that would affect the direction of the plane in the air—even while we were on the ground. He’s definitely got some engineering blood in him!

Hopefully one day soon, I’ll have the opportunity to take you on a ride in the sky!

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Smiles All Around

Posted by Dave Minor Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:13:54 GMT

I think these boys are trying to win Santa over about how good they are or aren’t being.

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Our New Pet

Posted by Dave Minor Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:14:18 GMT

Here’s some photos of a couple of the boys that were taken last week. Kyle is 5 weeks old now and really doing well. He can’t wait until Christmas—very excited.