Air Show

We had the opportunity to go the air show dress rehearsal at Hill AFB yesterday. It was really awesome. We waited till about 2:30 to head over there because we didn't want to miss the blue angels (I think that's what they're called, anyway) who were flying at 3. We got there just in time to snag a good spot and watch their amazing stunts. I can't believe how pefect everything was. There were a couple of times where they had the crowd completely enthralled in what the cluster planes were doing and then would surprise us with low fly over and blast us all away. It was sooo cool. It was funny though. Each time it happened, it scared the kids (scared everyone), and it was a chorus of kids screaming and crying, and parents shushing and comforting--especially us. We kept their ears covered the whole time, and realized how unprepared we were as we looked around and saw everyone with ear protection, chairs, drinks (duh! Why didn't we think of drinks, at least!), etc. At least I remembered the sunscreen and hats for the kids. Ethan got pretty tired and we put in in the reclining stroller and when to check out the planes on display... working our way to the helicopters. That's BJ's favorite (those who don't know, he is trying to get financing and decide where to go for helicopter flight school). Ethan was asleep instantly as we started rolling. Then they announced two biplanes called the Red Eagles, climbing into the sky. They were so so cool! BJ thought they were almost better than the Blue Angels. One of them did a flat spin down down down through the air, they did barrel rolls and all sorts of stuff. It was really awesome. Both of our cameras are out of comission, so the only pic we have of the whole thing is a picture my mother in-law took on her cell phone. It was a great day and we plan on making it an annual event for our family.