Air Show

Traffic on the way to the air show

These two are goofing off

Playing with Jimi's ball

Jimi watches an airplane

Someone loves his Daddy

He wanted to hold the umbrella...and squealed when Daddy let him

Aw, love bugs

Wait! Jimi! Wait!

This plane would do big dives and it would go way high up and just float there it seemed...that's what he's doing in this pictureNeato planes!
I give Jimi a hand as he walks towards me...I mean the umbrella
There were so many people that some stood on their cars to see better. I can only imagine how hot that must've been on top of black cars.
Here we go, Blue Angels!
This cute couple next to us were obviously missing their grandchildren. They must've thought we didn't have any water or something, because he felt compelled to offer Jimi some ice. She came over and realized what he was doing and slapped the ice out of his hand, because it was dirty! Another pass

Do you think he knows how cute he is?
More angels
This was the best pic, taken as we were leaving the airportThunderstorms are brewing

Dapo, Jimi and I went to an air show at the Huntsville Int'l Airport on Saturday. For those of you who may have heard about the injuries and death at the air show caused by the thunderstorms, that occurred on Sunday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those families affected by that tragic incident. For more on that, go here: http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1214903734146080.xml&coll=1.

We didn't get to the show until around 230 or so. The Blue Angels were scheduled to fly at 3. It was hot and humid, and we set up camp like so many of those around us, in the back of our SUV. I am from the NW where umbrellas are used...a lot! Here in the South umbrellas are used a lot, too, just not for rain. They are used for sun! Thankfully I had a big umbrella in the back of the CRV and we used it for shade from the sweltering heat and humidity.

We took plenty of water and toys for Jimi. It was a lot of fun. We don't get a lot of opportunities to do things like that as a family, so when we do we take advantage of it. Jimi did well with the planes, every now and again he'd see it and pay attention, but he was mostly concerned with the umbrella. i.e., why does Daddy hold it, why won't Mommy let him hold it, etc. There was one fly by once the Blue Angels took off that came from behind us, so we didn't see it coming, and the guy floored it. It was SO loud, and I didn't get a chance to cover his ears, and he started crying. I am sure it hurt him, Dapo said it hurt his ears, too. Aside from that, though, Jimi did real well.

There were lots of people, I think partly because it was a free show. I have a friend that lives near where the air show was, and she was at the air show, also. They got there earlier, so they were much closer to the front of the party. She said it took them an hour just to get out of the parking lot!

I was glad we got home when we did because there were some ugly thunderstorms about to come through. We didn't hit traffic at all, thankfully, because on the way home we were all hot and tired. We stopped at Bruester's for some delicious ice cream and called it a day! .