Air Show

Last week Scott started his new job with Five9.  He flew to CA for training on Monday and was back on Friday afternoon.  He went out there again on Sunday night and will be back on Friday.  He should be in town for the rest of the summer.  He things that the next 2 months will not be too busy for him as he is in the on-boarding phase.  I have mixed feelings about him working from home.  He does create A-LOT more work for me just being here and having to cook for him and clean up after him, but maybe I'll have a little more freedom.

Scott decided that he wanted to take Eric and Rubie to the Air Show at Hill Air Force Base that was on Saturday.  He talked Ben into going with him and taking their kids, since Joe had drill Ben offered to bring Jaxson.  Well, Saturday morning while they were getting ready to go I all of a sudden had a desire to go.  I thought Sam would enjoy it as well.  We got on the train in AF at 8 a.m.  Ben texted Scott to let him know that Cassie and my mom were coming too.  Lots of people were getting on the train going to the Air Show too.  They were projecting 250,000-300,000 people to show up.  The train ride was fine, crowded.  Ben's group got on the train at Farmington Station, then in Clearfield we got off and boarded some buses to get on to Hill Air Force Base.  Then we had 45-60 minutes of waiting in line to get through security.  Once through we all enjoyed exploring the planes that were there for us to see.  There were planes putting on a show pretty much the whole time.  The main attractions were the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, U.S. Army Golden Knights, and the Breitling Jet Team.  The show lasted until about 5 p.m.  It was a nice day.  Hot only when we decided to set up and sit down to watch the airshow.  Sam actually fell asleep.  It was an amazing show and I really enjoyed it.  It was awe-some and loud.  Then came the trek to get out of there.  Of course it took a long time getting off the base and then we waited at least an hour in line for the buses.  We finally got on the buses and to the trains and we got off the train at 8 p.m.  It was a very long day.  The Richards from our ward also went and they were behind us in the line and didn't get off the train until 10 p.m.  So I know it could have been worse.  Rubie and Heidi and Mia begged for Rubie to sleep over at their house.  Though we weren't prepared it was not bad timing because by staying over the weekend Rubie wouldn't miss anything.  Ben is working in AF right now and so could bring her back on Tuesday morning.  So she got to do that.  She had a great time with cousins and with grandma on Monday who was there while Ben and Cassie went to work.

I registered Eric and Rubie to attend Grovecrest Elementary this Fall.  We decided financially we need to not send them to American Heritage.  This was a hard decision and we are very sad about it.  However, I feel totally settled and calm about them going to Grovecrest.  I know there will still be challenges.  But financially we are going to be so much better off and hopefully start to get ahead.  Mrs. Adams at AHS was actually amazing and really didn't want to let us go.  She is on the scholarship committee and called to offer us a retention scholarship of 1/2 tuition.  It was 2 half tuition, one for working as the Lunch Leader and the other as a retention scholarship.  That still left us with $505 tuition / month to pay, plus the $160 it would cost to put Sam in daycare.  That was too much.  I really want the kids to be able to do karate and music lessons.  And with the tuition payment that would be impossible.  So we will be attending Grovecrest, Sam will attend preschool 2 days per week.  Hopefully it's a good year for us.





US Air Force THUNDERBIRDS
US Army “Golden Knights” Parachute Team
Breitling Jet Team

Other scheduled acts include:
• Bill Braack driving the Smoke-n-Thunder Jetcar
• Dan Buchanan flying unpowered glider
• Kirby Chambliss flying Red Bull Edge 540 + Red Bull Airforce
• Gregory “Wired” Colyer flying the T-33
• Jerry Conley flying the De Havilland Vampire
• David Erickson flying the Zlin Z-50
• John Klatt flying the Jack Link’s Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco
• Mellissa Pemberton flying the Edge 540
• Mark Peterson flying P-51 and Alpha Jet
• Buck Roetman flying the Pitts S-2S
• Gary Rower flying the 1941 Steerman
• Bill Stein flying the Edge 540
• Paul “Sticky” Strickland L-39 solo flight
• Mike Wiskus flying the Lucas Oil Pitts
• F-35 Heritage Flight flying the F-35 Lightning II + vintage aircraft
• Barry “Bdog” Hancock flying the T-6G
• Firewalkers Pyro wall of fire
www.Hill.af.mil/WarriorsOverTheWasatch
GATES OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
8:00 a.m.
OPENING
CEREMONY
10:00 a.m.
GATES CLOSE
5:00 p.m.
AIR SHOW