One of the few redeeming qualities of our current location is that there was an Airshow this weekend and the US Navy Blue Angels were in town. I’ve always loved watching them perform and would drag whoever I could up to Beaufort, SC when we were in GA. We took the boys, of course and they had an absolute ball. (We must apologize to Nick for his unfortunate sunburn – still not sure how it got as bad as it did…)
The US Army Golden Knights kicked off the show. Later, Jake got to meet each one of them and Matt & I were SO impressed with their PR skills. Even though he’s at LEAST 16 years from any sort of military service, they each squatted down to be at Jake’s level, talked to him about his Cookie Monster Sweatshirt, or the planes and even asked him to say parachute, which he did, while they each signed his picture. Matt & I were attired in our UT shirts, so the Golden Knights (including a FEMALE!) had no idea that Matt was active duty, much less a Major. Save for the Blue Angels, that might have been the highlight of my day.
Jake got to go into all kinds of airplanes (stairs made it tough to take Nick in all of them) and he got to sit in a Huey. He was horribly disappointed when he couldn’t RIDE in the airplanes. He had a great time watching the Blue Angels (after a quick snooze) and could even point out their tail numbers for us.
It was a long day – but the sky was beautiful. (If you’re interested, I have about 100 pics of the clear blue sky trying to catch the Blue Angels with my camera). We had a great time – and had a pseudo picnic under the wing of a C130.
The US Army Golden Knights kicked off the show. Later, Jake got to meet each one of them and Matt & I were SO impressed with their PR skills. Even though he’s at LEAST 16 years from any sort of military service, they each squatted down to be at Jake’s level, talked to him about his Cookie Monster Sweatshirt, or the planes and even asked him to say parachute, which he did, while they each signed his picture. Matt & I were attired in our UT shirts, so the Golden Knights (including a FEMALE!) had no idea that Matt was active duty, much less a Major. Save for the Blue Angels, that might have been the highlight of my day.
Jake got to go into all kinds of airplanes (stairs made it tough to take Nick in all of them) and he got to sit in a Huey. He was horribly disappointed when he couldn’t RIDE in the airplanes. He had a great time watching the Blue Angels (after a quick snooze) and could even point out their tail numbers for us.
It was a long day – but the sky was beautiful. (If you’re interested, I have about 100 pics of the clear blue sky trying to catch the Blue Angels with my camera). We had a great time – and had a pseudo picnic under the wing of a C130.
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