Valero Family Day 2009!

Saturday was Valero Family Day at Six Flags, and like last year we had a blast! We also got two free tickets to use sometime before the end of the year, so our plan is to go back in the next couple months toward the end of the day and ride the roller coasters at night!

Since only Valero employees were admitted to the park, there were no lines.
The picnic area.

Scott and his friend Brad.

Again, fantastic lines!

We only rode roller coasters all day, but ended the day with a ride on the ferris wheel.

View from the top.

Scott in NYC

Scott's in New Jersey for a couple weeks for a class, but is only about 20 miles away from New York City so he spent Labor Day seeing a few sights. Renee didn't go for the weekend because it didn't seem worth it for only one day...Scott had class both Saturday and Sunday and didn't get out until the evening. Maybe next time!

View of Ground Zero, the memorial is under construction. NYPD memorial.
Scott and the Statue of Liberty.

A park.
Times Square.

Nebraska Trip

This past weekend we went back to Nebraska for Scott's sister's wedding. It was an outdoor wedding and they had perfect weather for it!

A general Nebraska scene....

The pillars in the middle of Pioneers Park in Lincoln were the setting for the ceremony.
The rehearsal.
Renee trying to be more artistic with her picture taking.

A view of the capitol building way in the distance from the entrance of the park.

The bride.

Daughter-of-the-bride and flower girl Jade.

Scott was an usher...

...and so was Eric!

Eric enjoying a parasol.

Renee manning the guest book table.

Scott and Eric getting ready to walk Jade in.

The ceremony.

The cake. Scott's mom made the cake topper from scratch out of a chocolate mixture, it looked fantastic!

An imposing pair of ushers.

Sunday night we went to a get-together with some of Renee's friends. It was great to see everyone who could make it and catch up!

Scott reading to Ellie (Angie and Kyle's daughter) and Andrew (Joy and Jeremy's son).

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Scott was unable to schedule his commercial check ride with the FAA examiner before he left because the examiner was on vacation for awhile, and now Scott is out of town for two weeks, but hopefully he will be able to schedule it in the next two weeks and get it when he gets back. His plan is to jump right into his multi engine rating after that, which shouldn't take too long but it always takes longer than it should with scheduling :-) That's the last rating and then it's just a matter of building time...We'll keep you posted!