1. Jonathan complains that Analiese is doing a "cool" spelling list and he never had those words before (It's old Readers' Digest Word Powers). I ask him if he wants to do spelling now. "No, I'm too busy. Still..."
2. Analiese not only rattles off all of the 13 Articles of Faith in Primary on Sunday, but verse 15 of Joseph Smith - History, which is part of a Scripture Mastery we've been memorizing. Blows them all away.
I am sorry that all my California friends are suffering from droughts and wildfires. We have drought conditions, too, but have been blessed with a little more moisture lately. Friday, on my trip to Lawton for a Seminary meeting, we got wet because of the storm between us. I did some shopping there (take advantage of all the stores they have there) and got drenched. My denim dress smelled funky when it got wet. Analiese was with me, but had a great time because we had breakfast at IHOP and lunch at Carl's Jr. and bought some fabric for her new 4H sewing project.
Altus was all excited this week because of the Open House at the Air Force base this weekend. The Thunderbirds were coming to perform, and the latter part of the week had the air roaring with their jet engines. Jonathan was on pins and needles excited because some marines came to the airport in their special helicopters, presumably in preparation for the air show, too.
Saturday morning we had a pancake breakfast at the airport to earn $ for tools for Jonathan's class. I got to meet his new airframe instructor, Mr. Huttie, as well. Apparently he is well liked, because many students and teachers complimented him highly. I'm prejudiced, so I can't say anything.
A quick stop home after the breakfast, and we ran over to the base. It opened at 9:00, and we were there about 9:45, but it wasn't really packed...yet. There were several planes on the ground we could go through and they had a really cool interactive Air Force station with iPads and earphones. Jonathan "jumped" from an airplane and landed ahead of his competitors.
We placed our camp chairs in a really great spot near the runway and went back-and-forth between there and the exhibits (and the food!). At first the day was very grey, but the sun came out and the airshow was easily seen! Downfall of it all was that, even with some sunscreen, we all got burnt. I have a red "necklace" from when I was looking up at the planes, red ears, and burnt lips - those hurt the worst. 
And getting out was not as easy as getting in. It took us nearly 45 minutes to leave and, in the meantime, got to see two guys act like idiots fighting over who wasn't letting whose car in where (they were serving beer on base, I give it some credit for this behavior). Finally, some airmen came over and cleared the mess up. Have some dignity!
Jonathan gave a talk in church Sunday. He's only written it Saturday evening...with some counsel from his mother (I did NOT write it for him). He was not happy about doing it...mainly because it was his mother who told the bishop that we needed more youth speakers. Problem was, he wasn't given a youth talk - he was told to give a 15-minute one! I cannot say that his talk even came close to it, but that well was dry and they were lucky to get what they did. He is not an enthusiastic public speaker.
I'm going to let the pictures tell the rest of the week's story. Let's just say Jonathan had a great week (minus Sunday)! All those big smiles and him talking (airplane stuff) are evidence!
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