Blue Thunder Air Show........AWESOME!

The stars aligned for my Parker boy today as we decided to fight the crowds (38,000 people) and go to the Blue Thunder Air Show. Parker has always been obsessed with army, navy, tanks, guns, fighter planes....etc.
For months now, every time we would drive by a sign advertising for the Blue Angels he would BEG and PLEAD to go.
I decided that I would take Dallin and Parker and leave Landon with Dad at home. It was going to be too hot and uncomfortable for a guy dealing with a broken collar bone.
I packed the few things I was ALLOWED to bring. Sunblock, camera, EMPTY water bottles and a chair. I left the WATER at home (not allowed to bring it in...still scratching my head over that one), I left my UMBRELLA at home (once again, NOT allowed), and I left all SNACKS at home. Why I am I a rule follower? No one checked bags, people brought their umbrellas, I was an idiot to not bring water from home...after all it was 93 degrees out!!
 I was about to call it a day. The lines to fill our water bottles were 30-45 minutes long. The food lines were over an hour wait the bathroom lines were a good 20 minutes, and we were downright HOT. Oh, and the show hadn't even started yet!

THEN.........we met up with our friends Nathan and Jana, our new neighbors. It was the absolute BEST thing in the world that could have happened to us.

You see, Nathan is a member of the FAA. He hooked us up BIG TIME. With his fancy schmancy badge we were able to sit on the ROOF at the air traffic control tower! We had shade, a reasonably priced restaurant downstairs, cold water, a bathroom, and the most AMAZING view ever.

I felt a little bit guilty looking down at all of the people in the HOT sun for hours on end. I immediately called MY Nate and had him come down and bring Landon to watch the Angels. We also invited some other friends from our ward. What a great day......Parker's dreams pretty much came true.

Knowing the right people had some serious benefits today! I was pretty stoked so say the least!