Blue Angels

Oh my word was today hot!!  This weekend has been a busy weekend for us. The kids and I finally got to see Dawn in a parade. I was such a proud mommy. My friends and I cheered and hollered for the band, and for Dawn. I got all teary-eyed finally getting to see my baby girl in a parade.  I'm such a proud mom. lol. I was so thankful that God kept the weather at bay until the kids were done with the parade.  Then it rained. It was a VERY long parade, but the boys had a blast and I finally got to see Dawn march so it was worth it.

Today was a memorable one.  The city of St. Cloud like all Minnesota cities in the summer is having it's annual City festival this weekend. But this year was different, they held an air show that hosted the famous Blue Angels and several other famous air planes. So as a family we were blessed to go to the air show. It was a long day, but the kids had fun. At first I wasn't sure if we had made the right decision.  Nana was talking about taking the kids to see Aunt Nancy this weekend, and the kids were bummed that they weren't going with her, but to the air show. To be honest - when they acted less then thrilled about going, I was crushed. The older two are always talking about wanting to do more "fun" stuff as a family, and I thought - the air show..with the Blue Angels?! What would be more fun then that?

The kids didn't last very long when we got there, either between the hot weather (Clear blue skies, sun and humidity), or just being kids and sitting there for so long, they got super antsy.  So between Jessie and I, we walked the kids around the airport where the air show was being held.  The kids had a blast climbing in and out of the various planes on display, the boys even got to try on one of the pilots' helmets. The kids climbed the rock wall. It was neat watching Dawn do it, since she had so much fun doing it at  Deep Portage earlier this spring.  Spencer and Cyril even tried to climb the wall. Spencer got about half way up, and came down. Cyril didn't even get out of the Soldier's arms.lol. They also had a play area for the kids. The inflatables were a blast for them. They played and bounced for over an hour on those things. Including during the Blue Angels flight show. lol. 

It was really cool to see the plane formations and etc. There were a couple of times that I about died because of the fly byes that they did. But it was fun watching the kids get excited about the planes.  It will be neat to have the pictures to look back on this day.

There were a few times while we were there that again made me question if we made the right choice to go. One because of how loud it was at times for baby Gordon. We made a make-shift ear muffs for him, and he seemed fine,slept thru the loudest parts. lol. Dawn and I argued briefly, and etc. But I hope over all the kids had a blast. All of us but baby Gordon got sunburned, even with sunscreen on. It will be interesting to see what they think of  tomorrow's festivities. We'll see what more the city of St. Cloud has to offer.

God Bless~