Will's Farewell to the Viper

Family photo by the F16

Will parking the jet

Paul & Marie giving Weston his bottle

Jessica taking care of Weston

Going through the engine shut-down check list

Getting ready to be tackled



The take-down

The spray-down

A next generation fighter pilot

Will and Nathan Gaertner
(Isn't that little flight suit adorable on him!)

Our friends and family

Last Monday, Will had his fini-flight in the F16 "Viper". Family and friends were invited to watch Will land the F16 for the last time and to walk out on the flight line for the show that followed. It is tradition for the pilot having his fini-flight to be tackled upon leaving the jet and hosed down by his wife. That was my favorite part! Make sure you check out the video clips. We appreciate all our wonderful friends for coming out to support Will. Thanks, Paul and Marie for feeding Weston his bottle on the flight line! Thanks Dan, Paul, Marie, and Kara for taking such great pictures and video clips, so we can always remember Will's last hurrah in the F16.

"FUGE" leaving the cockpit

The Fini-Flight Tradition

"To the Gamblers, past and present..."

One of Sumter's Treasures

Photo shoot at Swan Lake

With Nana & Granddaddy

Dan, Kristen, & Joshua

Weston & Joshua talking face to face



Weston was getting tired

Our baby posing like a rapper...word

One last picture of our little man

The above pictures were taken last Sunday at one of Sumter's treasures, the Swan Lake Iris Gardens. Isn't it beautiful!

Halloween Weekend

Trick or Treating at the Mancini's

On the church's property

With Susie

For Weston's first halloween, we went over to Tony & Lois's house next door to trick or treat. Lois was so sweet to put together a basket for Weston with cute and interactive stuffed animals. Lois also put together 150 bags of candy wrapped with ribbon to pass out to children in the neighborhood--I was so impressed. Thank you, Tony and Lois, for being such wonderful neighbors. I took a picture of Weston in his cow suit next to their pumpkin. Nana and Granddaddy also came to visit for the weekend. We went to church on Sunday at our church's beautiful property. CCC rented a huge wedding tent for the service, and we had lunch on the grounds afterwards. We took some pictures after church with my friend Susie. It is a shame we won't be around to see the future Christ Community Church building. CCC has been such an incredible church family for us. It will be so hard to leave all our friends.