Aviation Nation 08

Ok, so every year we attend Aviation Nation at Nellis Air Force Base.  It is one of our highlights of every year.  Micah has gone ever since he was a kid and it has become a yearly tradition for us since we got married.  Basically there are planes on display and they do flight demonstrations.  It's awesome.  I never thought it would be something that i would get into but i love it just as much as Micah.  Gareth is a huge fan of airplanes, he loves to look for them everytime we are outside so we knew he would go crazy for the airshow.  My only concern was that the noise would hurt his ears due to previous ear problems b/c it is wayyyyy loud, but they never bothered him.  He never once tried to cover his ears or anything.  Part of what i love about the show is the sound of the fighter planes.  Every year they have different demonstrations and different planes.  This year they had most of my favorites the F-15(My ultimate fav), F-16, F-18, F-22 and they also had the C-17 and a few others but the F-15 & F-22 are the most fun to watch.  They also had the Air Force Reserve Jet Car, it was an actual "jet car."  It was pretty cool, they had it racing another plane (I believe it was the Red Bull Mig 17) and the jet car actually won the race.  It was pretty cool to watch.  Gareth had a blast and he loved the noise, he would laugh every time one would fly by that was loud.  When we would start to walk away to look at more planes he'd get upset b/c he would think we were leaving.  He would just zone out and watch the planes.  It was so much fun and they had so many planes on display this year.  It is such a joy to watch Gareth share an interest in something that Micah loves.  I love watching them together.  We can't wait for next year!!!  ( www.aviationnation.org)