So we spent a little over a week at my parents house this month and while there we got to do a lot of different things. I will try to post about most of the things we did. The trip started off with sick kids....big surprise! Whenever we have ANYTHING planned, especially big trips, someone gets sick. Colt came down with a cold before we left and he had been cutting a few molar teeth and then the MORNING of us leaving, Levi wakes up and says, MY THROAT hurts. Later that night at my parents house, he threw up. Nice. lol. It was also super hot while we were there....I think we were under a heat advisery at least 6 of the 8 days. And anyone who knows my parents house, knows they don't have central air! Growing up, we had a swimming pool so we basically lived in that all day long. I guess as I've gotten older, I've gotten more spoiled and so the heat is hard for me to deal with!!! It was still nice being with my parents, getting to do fun things and having some help with our crazy boys!
So on the Saturday we were there, we went to the Dayton Air Show. It was hot so we took my parents tent. We didnt' think to nail in down.....more about that later ;)
So instead of paying admission to get inside the gate, we parked in a field beside the airport and watched from the outside. There were probably another 100 or so people who did this as well. It was much easier this way with the kids!
To try to keep Colt cool, I dumped water on him and in his stroller ledge thing..he enjoyed playing with it for a while.
Once the planes started flying, the boys were excited!
So before the Thunderbirds started flying there was about a 45 min. break, so Anthony, Levi and my mom went back in the field to fly Levi's thunderbird kite. The Thunderbirds were the main attraction that we wanted to see..at this point we had been in the field for over 2 hours, but we were wanting to wait it out. It became a great day to fly a kit because the wind started picking up.....
...which takes us back to our tent that wasn't staked down in the ground. So Im sitting in my chair playing with Colt when all of a sudden a HUGE gust of wind comes and picks up our tent. I JUMP up to try and grab it but it starts to flip. Did I forget to mention that we were only about 50 feet from a 4 lane road?! So I start freaking out that it's going to go into the road and cause an accident, so I decide to just let it go (not that I could have stopped it anyway). So instead of it hitting a car on the roadway, the tent PLOWS into the mini van right next to us. I run over, and start screaming for Anthony and Mom to come help me, but they can't hear me. About 4 other people come running over to help me get the tent back- I was so embarrassed because EVERYONE in the field saw what happened, lol! (it took a while to get the tent down becasue the wind was still blowing and wanted to take us up like a hot air balloon, lol) As we were taking it down, I mentioned to the lady who owned the van-"I hope it didn't scratch your van" She said, Oh, it already has scratches on it so Im not worried" Only then as we lowered the tent did I realize the 3 inch dent the tent put in the van!!!! We felt horrible- by this time Anthony and Mom came back up to help with everything (as Levi was crying becuase he wanted to fly his kite some more!)
We debated leaving and just going home after that, but we were only about 15 min. from the Thunderbirds flying. Colt was screaming, Levi was tired and hot- so we drove around until they cried themselves to sleep. So we pulled back into the field and Mom, Anthony and I watched the Thunderbirds by ourselves while they slept. It was TOTALLY worth it, lol!!! Okay, here's the rest of the pictures.....
The STEALTH!
Colt really enjoyed watching the planes- the loud jets were really cool and he kept pointing at them!
I guess they were too loud for Levi. His favorite thing was the commercial planes taking off from the runway right in front of us.
Pointing at more airplanes!
Trying to stay cool.
An old bi-plane and a newer jet flying side by side--PAST and PRESENT.
So we had a good time- stressful at times- super fun at times and the THunderbirds were SWEET! The lady whose van our tent hit was really REALLY nice about it and as of now hasnt turned it in to her insurance. She mentioned not even doing anything about it. Just in case, I took a picture on my iphone for proof, lol! You never know ;)
I've got a TON of more pictures to post, so I will do my best to stay on top of it :) However it is August now, so that means I gotta get Colt's scrapbook pages of LAST August done! CRAP!
