On the way home from our vacation, Jeff's parents had planned for a visit to a Flying Circus Airshow. WWI and WWII planes doing stunts and acrobatics were the main attractions. Jeff's Dad also wanted to let us have a plane ride in a WWII biplane. Unfortunately it was over 100 degrees that day with not a whole lot of shade which made for a pretty miserable Jacob and Gracie. Luke and Ben enjoyed it, but enjoyed running around with their cousins in the fields the most!
This picture cracks me up. I have no idea why Luke was making this face, but it kind of fits the mood for the afternoon, at least for me, hot, tired and cranky! :)
Some guy at the show gave Ben this Marine hat. He loves it, and likes to wear it to do his pushups! Watch out Camp Lajune!
Gretchen did not want to fly, and I did not want to leave Gracie and Jacob in the midst of meltdowns....so it was decided that Jeff and Tim would go up in a two seat biplane.
Here are the kids waiting to watch Daddy and Uncle Tim fly.
Here is Gracie waving bye-bye to Daddy. (Notice the clouds rolling in......)
Jacob finally collapsed in Grandma's arms.
Here is Uncle Tim and Daddy getting into the plane....
and take off......
Unfortunately less than 5 minutes into the trip the clouds let loose and they were forced to land while the rest of us ran for cover and were all soaked from head to toe. Thankfully they got a full refund for the flight!
I think this is part of the vacation that we will look back on later and laugh, but right now it doesn't seem so funny to wait over two hours for a flight that barely happened with miserable kids......oh well, that is what makes family vacations special right? Memories.
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Looks like you guys had an enjoyable weekend! Thanks for sharing. Love and miss you guys!
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