HAFB Airplane Museum

This was another of the activities the kids really wanted to do this summer. We drive by the Hill Air Force Base Airplane Museum every time we head to Kylie and Jedd's or go through Ogden (you can see the planes from the freeway). We finally made it up to see them earlier this month and the kids just loved it!

I love that we take a picture of all the cousins together everywhere - it's so fun to see them all together in all of the different places we go!


Both Zach and Hailey picked out one special airplane or helicoptor that was their favorite and they each got to have a picture of just them in front of it.

Here is Zach with his favorite plane.


Loved the thumbs up he gave me.


Hailey chose a helicoptor - she loved the rotors (although she kept calling them fans).


She thought it was so neat that they could actually touch them.


Speaking of touching them, the kids loved the planes that spanned across the sidewalk and loved to see who could touch them each time.


Once we saw all of the planes outside, we headed to the inside portion of the museum - most of the pictures I took inside were too dark (I realize almost too late that I didn't have my flash on!). One of the pictures I did get was Nana and the kids in front of this airplane. Notice that it says "Cindy's Fighter?" Yep, that's Nana's name and all the kids were convinced it was named after her!


One of the traditional pictures we have to get every time is the kids each sitting in the pilot seat that they have out. Zach jumped right up there and told me he felt comfortable in it (he wants to be a fighter pilot when he grows up - something I'm not so sure I like!).


And Hailey looked so big in the chair this year. Every year it seems they both grow so much!


And a special treat for us - there was a group of HAFB military men there planning a retirement party. Zach really wanted to shake their hands, so we asked and they kindly agreed to do that and take a picture with the kids - it was so kind of them to take a few minutes with our kids, they were the best! Zach couldn't wait to come home to tell his Dad and show him the picture.


Yep, another fun and exciting trip the airplane museum. We sure had a great time and can't wait to go back!