Hill Air Force Base Air Show

We sure love the air show at Hill Air Force Base.  The pilots are just amazing and we are always left in awe and with a greater appreciation for our military.  The last time we went to it was a long time ago.  You will have to forgive the pictures as I didn't want to get my good camera out in the rain so they are all courtesy of Instagram (follow me at emily7n).

 This year we were so excited to go with the boys and this morning when we left it was a bit cold.  All of the boys were wearing shorts and I debated even bring a jacket...

...well, it ended up POURING on us.  I was teasing my MIL and Josh because they had "over packed" for the day, and it turns out that if they hadn't we would have been drenched like crazy.  Turns out my MIL brought an awning for us and so we stayed mostly dry, even though it was FREEZING. 

As the rain poured and poured, most of the crowd left.  We sat under the awning and tried to hold it down from the wind blowing it away.  We sat like that for a long time.  I don't know if it was because we were determined to see the air show (which had been postponed until the weather cleared up) or because it was too we to try and get us all back to the car.  But we ended up shivering and trying to snuggle up to stay warm.

 After 3 1/2 hours of wet, cold and wind, the air show resumed and by then we had scooted our awning up to the FRONT.  We were so excited to see things "up close."

It was amazing as always and we were constantly in awe (this was taken at the beginning of the day...most of these people had left).

 The Thunderbirds are so worth watching.  We all waved to them as the taxied by in their planes.

The show was so LOUD that McKay kept saying "is too loud."  It really was the cutest.

He, and the rest of us ended up loving it all and glad that we had stayed (even though we were so soggy!)

Palmer is dying to be a photographer and has finally shown interest in this camera he got for his birthday long ago.  He has already asked for a "real" one for his birthday.  He took A LOT of pictures.

McKay was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day and thanks to the sun coming out he was cozy in the stroller as he slept all the way back to the car.  We ended the day snuggled in our pjs watching the new Muppet movie.  I think the boys fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.