Balloon Festival

We went to the balloon festival yesterday! I've heard a lot of great things about the festival so I knew I wanted to go while we are living here. This is how our morning started... I woke up at 4:00am on Saturday morning and got everything ready so we could be out of the house at 5:00am. Once I was ready and breakfast was packed, I woke up the kids and Rich and we were out of the house my 5:15. We met our friends Ali and Anthony and followed eachother down to the festival. I'm glad they knew where they were going and what areas to avoid, because there were tons of people! We parked our cars at Anthony's work to save money on the 10 dollar parking fee, and walked 3/4 of a mile to where the festival was. It was a nice little walk, and the weather was perfect. It's finally getting chilly enough here to wear a sweater!

When we first got there some of the balloons were lit up like this.

The opening ceremonies started and the National anthem was played while the first balloon went up.

We found our spot and watched as the balloons around us started to get ready to go up.

We ate cinnamon rolls, fruit and juice for breakfast. Poor Samantha got her 6 month vaccine shots the day before this and wasn't feeling great.

Weston is just happy to be here.

Weston is mesmerized

So pretty! It felt like we were in a fairytale.

Waking up at dawn was so worth it to see this face!!

Samantha started to feel a little better....

Love this picture...

#810 balloon is dedicated to my sister Holly.

Me and my friend Alli.

Rich's friends from school caught up with us for a little while. Kaymarie has babysat for us before, our kids love her.