Well...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2007/11/27/blankenfield.ut.boy.antler.ktvx

I guess I can be thankful when my son was five years old he merely broke his leg when he fell. This kid definitely should be on the cover of "Freak Accident" magazine....

Being Grown Ups

Since my son was with his dad on a camping trip, and Steve's daughters went with their mom on a camping trip of their own, we decided to be grown ups after Thanksgiving. Didn't go to any Black Friday sales, mostly because we just haven't gotten into that "go into debt" spirit of overspending on Christmas.
We took the Cobra helicopter to Phoenix for an airshow. That's the one in the picture above, it's the helicopter Steve flew in the Austin Powers movie.
It only seats two people, one in the front and one in the back--Steve flew from the back seat. Riding in the front is so wierd, mostly because when the Cobra flies it tilts forward quite a bit and gives you the feeling that you're going to fall forward out of the cockpit.

And since our friends in Phoenix all have adult children, that meant we were hanging out with adults all weekend. What a strange feeling. We went to a nice gentlemen's club and had a lap dance (after we finished our dinner--they have great steak and pasta) and we spent a couple of hours on Saturday doing whatever we wanted to do. We stopped by a Smart Car dealer and went for a test drive. OMG I want that car!
We browsed an antique book store. We ate great BBQ. Went to a hoity-toity night club with Steve's rich friends and watched with great amusement as they did the stereotypical inspection of wine labels with their reader glasses before they reluctantly ordered the $165 wine. (Man, wouldn't you feel stupid throwing up THAT booze???)

Flew home on Sunday afternoon, and buzzed Shay. He had been spending the afternoon at Grandma's so we called ahead and told him to come outside. His grandma was much more excited about it than he was! As we made our way thru the neighborhoods to the airport, my cell phone began buzzing with all the voicemails and test messages from friends who saw us fly over. Too funny.
We were super-happy to get home and sleep in our own bed. It felt like we'd been gone for a week!