we, along with 400,000 (literally) utahan's, went to hill air force base for an air show and to see the thunderbirds. all i can say is that i am proud to be american. there is nothing like some synchronized F-16 maneuvers to make you fall in love with our country all over again.
them gregory boys sure love every aspect of the military. trevan was obsessed with military airplanes as a child and i am shocked how much he still remembers. its kind of adorable. also, it was a good think rog had his fanny pack in case anyone got dehydrated.
really, the thunderbirds are a sight to be seen. its truly amazing. how anyone can fly like that i don't know. i remember seeing the thunderbirds/blue angels every year in cheyenne, wy at frontier days a child and being in awe then.
jude had been talking about the "fungerbirds" for about 2 week prior to our visit. needless to say, he did not walk away disappointed.
birds of a feather....
grets actually quite liked the thunderbirds herself. i thought she would be nervous about the noise but she just clapped and pointed the whole time. i think her OMA made it a little difficult to really follow the planes but she got the gist of it because she is brilliant like that.
darling girls
we are trying out for mother and daughter pageants tomorrow probably.
we bought jude his own "fungerbird" and he has been flying it ever since.
poor trevan's dreams of being an air force pilot were shot down as a child because of his terrible vision. he is still bitter.
this is the F-22 that is still pretty top secret and needs to be behind ropes. trevan was in love and i seriously have about 10 pictures of it if you want a different view.
here's a view of the F-22 with landon..... i have more of these too.
another wonderful weekend and the best part about this whole thing is that it was free. traffic and parking are horrific but its worth every minute to be on that tarmac when those F-16's are blazing by (good company and perfect weather help too).
go america!
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all that was missing was a little Lee Greenwood.
DARLING picture of you and Greta!
My mom's favorite plane was the F-22 when she came down for the show here! We got to see it fly up close, and it is amazing!
I'm glad you got to hit the air show, they are so much fun! Jude needs to come and visit down here, we always have planes flying over our house! :)
Oh man....I'm more than a little bit jealous. I never get to have that kind of fun anymore! L-O-V-E to see both the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels. And yes, you and Grets need to get on the pageant tour! XOXO
We talked about going to this and then we didn't. I'm kind of feeling like we missed out now.
We luvs US of A in the Hoopster family!
Ps. it's time we were blogging friends!
Great opictures! Love that show. I bet Grandpa Gregory was there too! Loves - BJ
Found ya. Cute blog! Im adding you to my list so I can spy on you after you get weeded out at work. Good luck with that. See ya next time we work together. Maybe next month or something absurd!
P-51 MUSTANG CADILLAC OF THE SKYS!!!!!
(ask Trev)
you and Grets are going to blow your pageant competition out of the water.
I need your giraffe bag. Where did you get it? Maybe I might not live with out it.
Funny, the boys and I were there too! (And Greg's family) It was so packed, it's no wonder!
Excuse me!! When did Greta turn into a blond?!
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