Christmas time!

Well, it has been a little over a month since my last post and lot's has happened. But this time, I just want to share some fun pics from Christmas at the Fraser's this year.

Hayden all dressed up and ready to see what Santa brought him...



A little neck roll for our little jet setter....

Sean get's a 737-700 which i didn't even know they made that specific models of...
Hayden tries out his first tool belt!


Hayden getting in to the spirit of things by opening his own presents..


My flying monkey stocking stuffer. Hilarious furry monkey/slingshot that flies 50 ft while screaming.

Sean with Great grandma Memee...

Christmas spirit in the air.. :-)
Time to clean up the mess from all the presents and that is why Santa brought a little red vacuum for Hayden. I think he used it non stop for hours. lol
I guess the Sooner's are somewhat popular in the Fraser household...

Till the next post...

A nice peaceful Sunday...

Being a wedding photographer, there aren't very many weekend's that Hayden and I get to chill and go for a ride... So, here he is in his cool car!

Happy Halloween

Well, It's Halloween and Hayden was dressing to impress today with all his little buddies. I'll send a follow up post with trick or treating action later on. By the way, the was first and only time we were able to get him to wear his cool hair.

After the storm

I was lucky enough to grab my camera for this beautiful post sunset sky.  It really was this beautiful, with a slight enhancement of saturation and contrast being the only thing done to this image.

When I grow up...

There are so many things I could be when I grow up. But today I am very busy patrolling the hallway's of our house looking for fires to put out. I would also like to point out that I look great with my cool red Fireman's helmet!


Like i said, I am very focused on...wait where is the front of this thing?

Ah ha, now I am on track. Let's roll out people!



With the gas shortages that have been affecting us all in GA lately, I too have fallen victim to not watching the gas gauge. I'll guess I'll have to leave the firetruck here for now....

The good news is, I still have my helmet!

Is that food?

That looks like food!
I'll be right back...

Squeakin Machine!

Faster than a squeaking bolt of light!!! We got new squeaker shoes in the mail yesterday and Uncle David shot this video while Hayden was at Granny's! He has taken 7 steps now - while chasing Daddy for a football - he will be up and running in no time! Enjoy the video! Its not graceful by any means but its a beginning!

Jenn

Birthday Continued.... Part 2 THE CAKE SMASHING!

Our 2nd celebration was hosted by Hayden's Granny and Grampa at their neighborhood pool! Our weather was cool and iffy, Haydens little cake blew away in the wind but we were determined to celebrate! Hayden had a ball opening presents and did a very good job with his paper ripping! He also enjoyed his first taste of buttercreme frosting............... I am so proud. Thank you to those that braved the drive and the weather to join us!!! They company was great and a celebration was had!

Hayden.... experiencing his first SUGAR HIGH!!!!!!! Woo Hooo!

HAYDEN'S 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! (PART ONE)

Can you believe it! I blinked and my little man turned 1! So many moments, stages and firsts flew past us in this blur of a year. But what an amazing year! It has been so much fun getting to know this awesome little person that rocks our world! Of everything people told me about being a parent, what shocks me most is how much fun it is. Next in line for shocking is how little sleep we get...but in comparison - totally insignificant.

We celebrated Hayden's birthday twice this year! Once with my family in Washington DC and a second time here in GA! Here are some pics from our first picnic party!!

This is Clemyjontri Park - a wonderland for kids to jump, climb, toddle and bounce on every playground piece imaginable! It was awesome! Hayden spent most of the time sliding down his first slide over and over and over........


The park was awesome, Nana's picnic was awesome - it was so nice to be with family and so great of everyone to have a party or Hayden! THANK YOU!

This beautiful girl is my niece Morgan! She is 3 and an awesome cousin to "baby Hayden." Grant is her little brother and the sweetest boy you have ever met! He has a constant flow of smiles, hugs and kisses for everyone!

My sis Kim, bro in law Scott and nephews Stu and Sean came down from Easton PA for the weekend! We finally got to grab a few family shots while we had them all together! YAY!

Thank you for 40 years of flying...

On June 8th, 2008 my father, Don Linke, flew for that last time as a pilot for Northwest Airlines. He had been flying airplanes since he was 20 years old and he turned 60 on Thursday the 12th of June. In his 40 years of flying airplanes here are some interesting facts...

In that span, he flew 8 million miles and carried more than 750,000 people safely to their destinations. He was in the air for nearly 20,000 hours. So if he has flown a total of 8 million miles, he could have flown to the moon and back over 6 times, of course it only took the Apollo mission 4 days to get there. And as far as the number of people that have flown on his flights? He could have flown the entire population of Minneapolis to a destination of their choice....Twice..

On Saturday, we celebrated! We celebrated the retirement of my father and celebrated that he doesn't have to be in a range of 11 different time zones multiple times a month. So here is a slideshow that we put together from his early days of flying to the party on Sat. Hope you enjoy...

Oh and a special thank you to Mark Adam's for photographing and capturing my favorite moments from Dad's party.

SLIDESHOW


Here is dad in 1982...



Here is dad after his last flight on June 8th, 2008





The surprise retirement party revealed!



The discovery of long time friend Jerry Barron...

Jerry and Dad..
Real 747-400

Edible version (thank you Mark Brickman over at Baker's Man)

Dad impressed by the amazing resemblance of the edible version and the flying version...