JAX Air Show

See the tear on Belen's cheek?

In early November, 2011. We drove the hour and some odd minutes down to

 Jacksonville, Florida

 to see the Air Show at 

 "NAS JAX" the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville. 

We were excited to take the kids because the Blue Angels 

originated there and would be performing . 

It was completely free and open to the public.

 They had food booths 

and a large kids play area 

with several different types of 

bounce houses and a

huge 

inflatable slide. 

Mom wasn't allowed to go down with her. She cried the whole way down.

The weather was less than ideal for complete enjoyment though. 

Blustery and VERY cold. 

Not something we'd been expecting.

We didn't have coats with us. 

Because the kids had a truly miserable experience 

I got very few pictures 

but what I love about this experience is 

that regardless of the difficulty we experience planning 

and trying to execute family adventures we refuse to quit trying. 

 
We will keep planning and forcing the kids to come along and sometimes we have a wonderful time with irreplaceable  memories and sometimes they end up like our trip to the Air Show, not so fun.

P.S. As I was publishing this post to the blog Belen told me that she wishes we could go back to Jacksonville to play in the slide and jump in the bounce house. When I reminded her that she hated being there and cried the whole time we where there she said simply, "Why, Mommy?" Another reason to keep planning and doing because even Belen remembers only the good!