Pietenpol-List: To the world!

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Original Posted By: "McNarry, John"
Just another short (maybe kinda long really) story.I just have to say that I have the greatest wife. Saturday was my 30th birthday (may 9th) and my wife said,"Honey, I think that my birthday gift to you will be sending you to the airport for the whole day. Leave as early as you like and go flying, work on your Stinson, whatever, and I'll bring the kids out around noon and we will have lunch out there together."WOW! I thought, no feeling guilty that I have spent to much time out there, no yard work, excellent! I looked forward to my birthday for weeks! Sure enough Saturday came around and I was up and attem before the sun came peaking over the mountains. I got just over an hour flying in during the sunrise. I flew south over a co-workers house and got him out of bed. I gotta tell ya flying low and slow is the greatest. Waving to onlookers down below and having them wave back is awesome. They say the sound of my ol 65 is very distinguished. I flew north and did a figure eight over my home and church building then to Duanes. He was working in the yard and waved. I did two touch and goes at the Provo airport. I've been there enough times that people wave at me before I get a chance to. I was so happy I was singing out loud what ever came to mind as I flew over the south end of Utah Lake. (good thing for engines making noise at full power, don't get me started in public I warn you) I landed and pulled the Stinson fuse out of the hanger and started sand blasting. I was having a great time in the cool of the late morning (except for a hour and a half trying to get the gas powered compressor started, but never-mind that).It was about the time that I was going to get back in the air, when I started noticing familiar cars drive by. I admit I am a little slow sometimes, but this was getting to be strange. I saw my brothers car, then my buddy Duane, several people from my neighborhood and on and on. I finished up my sandblasting and drove back over to where I park my plane. I stood astonished as I got out of my truck to see about 30 of my friends, family, neighbors, and church members packed into Duanes hanger singing "Happy Birthday" surrounding the biggest birthday cake I had ever seen. My kids were delighted at my surprise and each gave me gifts of chocolate and candy they had saved up for and bought with their own money. I was so touched I thought I might get a little choked up, indeed I felt it coming on. I was saved however by the congradulations and undulation and teasing about being over the hill after they all finished singing. I gotta tell you about the cake. To give you and idea of its grander, it was made up of 7 cake mixes (chocolate of course) 10lbs of powdered sugar, and took 24 hours to build. It was decorated as a airfield with trees, runway and lake. My wife had found a model of a Super Ace (as close as she could find to a piet in a plastic model) and had Duane built and paint it in my planes colors for the final decoration. Simply amazing. Anyway, we all ate cake and ice cream till we about burst then I gave rides for hours until my derriere got tired. I must have done 15 circuits. Everyone had a blast, and the weather was great. True to her promise I got to stay and finish working on the Stinson for the rest of the afternoon. All that work and planning while only two weeks away from delivering our fourth child.... words fail to express what I feel for this beloved woman.Stevee.Kinda makes my Mother's Day gift of 1lb of specialty wrapped fudge look quaint doesn't it.________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: DXLViolins
Wow! Sounds like a great day. It's neat that you have your first plane flying before your 30'th B'Day. That was my goal too, but now that's been moved to having it flying before I'm 32 ;-)Ken________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands
Steve: I'm sure we don't have to tell you but you are Blessed! :-}It seems redundant to tell you, but Happy Birthday anyway!John McNarry________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: Paris Wilcox
A lovely story Stevee... Happy Birthday from the UK!________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: Richard Winkel
>Just another short story.What a great way to spend your birthday- and what a wise wife ! MC________________________________________________________________________________