One Last Oshkosh Post

You're probably all bored to tears with this, but there are a few more things to share about our week in Wisconsin.

In case you can't picture what this event looks like, here are a couple photos from the air:

This one is a shot of a small portion of the exhibit area.
This is one of many, many parking lots.  There are several areas this size full of campers, too!

One of the highlights of the week was Jon receiving an award for the plane.  He received a "Bronze Lindy" for Best in Class of the vintage airplanes of his "type".  He could totally explain it better.  Maybe one of these days I'll get him to contribute here.  In the meantime, here's a photo:

Molly was thrilled to join him on stage!  

One night we hit the town and found this really cute drive in that reminded me of "The Spot" in Kenosha, Wisconsin where I spent my early youth.  

Here's "The Spot"

And here's Ardy and Ed's in Oshkosh

It's super cute with orange building.  And I love the retro star on the sign!
The kids had a blast sitting on top of the car.  They ate their meal up there!
The trays that hook on to the window were just like the ones at the spot.  Of course, we had to have Root Beer!  Molly got the cutest little tiny mug you've ever seen.

The kids made friends with all the servers (who were on roller skates, btw) by the end of our dinner!  It was really a fun time!

Soon we were back on our way home to Dallas.  We were ready to get home.

The kids were pretty tuckered out....

We stopped in Milwaukee, where we put Lucy on a commercial flight to Salt Lake City for EFY (a summer church camp at BYU).  Then we continued south along Lake Michigan right past Kenosha and then Chicago.  It was pretty fun to see the city from the air.

The flight back was great, and we arrived home ready to move out of the house and into the hangar!  Our new house was not ready yet - surprise, surprise!

Just a Little Strange

So, I was checking out the Anthropologie website today.  I make the rounds of some of my favorite retailers fairly regularly.  Today I was cleaning the floors and sat down at my computer for a spell.  Anyway, I stopped by Anthro and they've changed the site a bit since my last visit (last weekend).  And I find it just a wee bit frightening.  Check it out and let me know what you think.  

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Be sure to look at the ADORNED link.  I think Look Closer, Wonderland, Pas de Deux (ah, the memories of ballroom dance lessons) and Spectra are really cool - but those Masterpieces give me the heebie jeebies.   

But these.....

They bring me right back to fourth grade with Miss Schmoekel (I still can't spell her name) she taught us to macrame instead of social studies for a few weeks.  We made these really great owls between two sticks.  I actually have mine.  If I ever unpack it I'll take a picture of it and post it.  She was the coolest teacher on the planet.

I L-O-V-E this little table.  It would be fantastic next to Lucy's bed... It's a ridiculous amount of money, so instead I'll watch for a Craig's List item that I can paint.  

Ah, the shoes.  Hold me back.  There are only about 25 pair I think I must have.  Do you think they'll lower their prices now that the economy is in the toilet???  Please?

Well, this was a slight departure from the Scholl family doings - kind of.  It was the Karen doings, anyway.   More on the happenin's soon.

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Oshkosh Continued.....

I guess some of you may be asking, "What IS Oshkosh?"  Well, it's a city in Wisconsin, but one week a year the Experimental Aircraft Association hosts a ginormous air show where people from all over the world gather to.....well, to do what airplane people do!  There are vendors selling their airplane related stuff, exhibits of the old and new airplanes, classes, workshops, food, entertainment and more.  Molly said it best when she said, "People in Oshkosh are OBSESSED with airplanes!"  

There's a really great museum there.  We had a great time there:

Lucy isn't in any of these photos because she was off on her own adventure with the "Women Soar" conference where she did cool stuff like build wing ribs, learn to weld and hear great women speakers. She had a great time.

Oshkosh B'gosh!

We took a lot of photos while in Oshkosh. The thought of blogging about all of them is a wee bit overwhelming, so I made an album to share some of them. There are more coming! Enjoy!

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It's a ROAD TRIP.......Flying Style!

I began this post way back in July - actually in Oshkosh, but the internet connection there was such a pain, that I never got it finished and well - since then have had a few other things on my plate.  Anyway, here's some more catching up!

We are off on our first family flight (alliteration coincidental)!  We left Aero Country Airport in McKinney, Texas on Saturday morning, July 26th.  The newly restored Cessna 195 was well packed with Will, Molly and Lucy in the back seat and the baggage compartment filled!  We were all excited to get going.  The kiddos were all high tech with headsets hooked up to the seatback DVD system. 

  

Everyone was really excited - even ME!  I guess I'm getting used to this flying stuff. Despite the headset and "air-conditioning" doing a number on my hair, it's a pretty comfortable ride. I didn't get a picture of Jon in the pilot seat, but he looked very pilot-like and official.  With charts ready, we headed north for Wisconsin!

We made a stop to wait out a bit of weather in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  There was a nice FBO (that's pilot-talk for an airport rest stop) with a lounge where we read, used the computer and lounged about.  We also had lunch in town at Paradise Bakery.  

The pilot lounge was a good spot for a family photo, complete with props from Will.  Thanks, buddy!  

We got on our way again after Lunch and after a while I was looking out the window and saw this:

Just under the wing I see this white building and I say to Jon, "Hey, that looks like a temple! Where are we?" So we checked the map, and sure enough, we're above Nauvoo, Illinois! And that is a temple! So we circle the town and got a little closer look.  

We determined we needed to come back and spend some time in Nauvoo.  It's not a bad flight and there's an airport right outside the town.  We even considered stopping on the way home, but it will most likely be a Monday, and none of the Church historical sites are open on Monday! Bummer.  It was really fun to see it from the air, though.  It's a beautiful temple.

We decided to stop not too far from Oshkosh for the night so we could fly into the air show early in the morning and avoid the traffic.  So we stopped in beautiful Juneau, Wisconsin and stayed in the AmericInn.  After a fun time at Applebee's for dinner, Will and Molly went for a swim.

 

The next morning we were up early and with our matching t-shirts we headed off for Oshkosh!  The whole landing process was very organized (a huge number of airplanes fly into Oshkosh during the air show, making it the busiest airport on earth for that week) and it was much easier than we anticipated.  We were guided to the Vintage Airplane area and then to the Cessna 195 parking.  Everyone was glad to be there!  It was a long flight from Texas.  We were ready for some FUN!

Playing Catch-Up

There is so much going on in the lives of the Scholls there's not much time for "extras" like blogging.  But I actually have a few spare moments tonight (it's midnight!), so I thought I'd do a catch-up post and try to share a few of the happenings at our house.

We are blessed - and so is Parker Ellis Schmidt!

We were so fortunate to have Ashley, Parker and sometimes Sam with us for so long!  It was wonderful to have Ashley here in town to deliver Parker and to stay for six whole weeks!  We enjoyed every minute of it.  Parker was blessed by his Daddy here on June 15th.  

He looked so adorable in it was great to have Parker's Dad, Grandpa Scholl (he,he), and Great-Grandpa Best in the circle along with our good friend Chris DuBois. I'll add a photo later. I don't have them, but I'll get them.

Happy Father's Day!

We had a great Father's Day at our house.  We had our own Dad, our Grandpa, and our Son In-Law with us.  Sam had to leave after Parker's Blessing, but the other two stuck around for a steak dinner and a fun evening together.  The best part was the gifts!  Well, at least one in particular....

No, it wasn't Pop's new shirt, though it is really cool!

Hmmmm, what could this BE?

ROCK ON! It's Rock Band!

The family that rocks together.....

Rocker Babe!

The Little Drummer Boy

Even Pops got in on the rockin'!

Needless to say, fun was had by all!  It's the best Father's Day gift I've ever received - I mean bought!  You should come over and play sometime!

Stayed tuned for Playing Catch-Up Part II....... I'm tired.