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We Brought the Boys….to Thunder over the Sound

      We are suckers for an air show. We try to go anytime they come within driving distance of our house. The truth is, my husband wishes he was flying those planes and he probably would be if not for a detached retina in college. Lucky for me he detached that retina and we were able to meet! The last time we came to this air show in Biloxi was in 2018 and I told my in-laws we were pregnant with Baylor while watching the show! We have been wanting to come back since then but COVID. I believe this is the first year they bring it back. 

      We had some points on our credit card and were able to get a room at the Hyatt in Biloxi for Friday night. We figured it would be nice to beat the traffic there and have a place to park our car while we watched the show from the beach.(This turned out to be a very good decision, do this!)  We headed out right after school on Friday. You know that I couldn’t go to Mississippi without a visit to our favorite little town, so I sweet talked my husband into dinner in Ocean Springs. The sweet talking went like this, “Beer. Outdoor patio. Live music” and he was sold. We LOVE Ocean Springs so much that we daydream of owning a vacation home here. One day, maybe! We had dinner on the patio at Mosaic. The food, drinks, atmosphere, and music were all amazing. We swung by Fly Llama Brewing on the way back to the hotel and it was packed. The crowd looked like they were having a blast but it made me super anxious with two children so we didn’t stay too long. However, I got a pineapple satsuma seltzer to go and it was so good! Back at the hotel we let the boys play in the pool until almost 9:00 (because we are cool parents). Then we did the worst thing ever and made them go to bed.








     Saturday morning we got to sleep in (thank goodness because it had been a long week)! We had breakfast at the Hyatt and I was so impressed! For a continental breakfast they had lots of options. Food was fresh, kitchen was clean, and we enjoyed it. We loaded up the wagon with our chairs and a picnic lunch and headed across the street to the beach around 9:30. Then we sat on the beach ALL day! We were worried at first because the rain chance was high but as the day went on the chances lowered and God provided us a beautiful day! The boys did all the things; collected shells, played baseball, met some friends, and swam. We were able to see bits and pieces of the air show as the planes flew over the air base, but we knew the real show was beginning around 3 for the viewers on the beach. The show was AWESOME and the planes came so close. I’m still amazed every time I see an air show at the skill of those pilots!









     Next time you hear of an air show in Biloxi, GO! It is such a good time! And stay at the Hyatt! In addition to being clean and having free breakfast, it was almost show center! We’ll be there too, hopefully out on the boat catching the show from another perspective. 
    

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