Quad Cities Air Show

We had a fun day this past Saturday at the Quad Cities Air Show. It was an all day event. There was lots to see and do. If you look closely, there's a crazy fella standing out on top of this plane with a neon orange jacket and his arms spread open wide. Max hung out underneath the umbrellas and tried to stay out of the sun.
It always helps to have a shoulder seat when you can't see the action.
As you can see, there was a little bit of action going on in the back:
Sharing a frozen lemonade that Grandpa Larry bought them:
Oops. Frozen lemonade to the head:Jeep had a big section set up where you could rock climb:
...or not:

And take a test drive through an obstacle course:

This may appear random to some of you, but if you're a mother, you'll understand why I had to take a picture of Sam. His forehead, eye lids and bridge of his nose were swollen from a mosquito bite he'd acquired on Thursday night. It was more than a bit disturbing. We gave him Benadryl everynight and topical cream throughout the days, but he didn't start looking normal until Monday.

Ok. Back to the airshow. The highlight of the day was the Blue Angels. The videos don't do anything to capture the intensity of seeing them in person. It is so unbelievably loud and fast and there's so much power and precision in what they do. You feel the noise through your whole body. It was impressive. Plus it just made me proud to be an American. I so appreciate what the military does for us each and every day.

Really, we had a good time, I promise. The Blue Angels just got a little intense.

Once home, I was treated to this spectacularly life-like re-enactment of the Blue Angels show.