Up, Up, and Away!

We had the privilege this past weekend to attend a Hot Air Balloon Festival here in town. It was so amazing! The most amazing part was that I got myself and 2 kids up and out the door at 6:15am!!!!! We went to see the balloons launch at sunrise. They didn't quite make it at sunrise, it was more like 7:45am. The winds were not cooperating before then. But 4 balloons launched and another 6 (or so) just inflated and stayed on the ground. But it was so cool to see the whole process of how they set up these amazing balloons. The bottom picture out of the 3 on top here is a picture looking inside the balloon while it's being inflated on the ground (just in case you couldn't tell).

So that was Saturday morning. Then Saturday night they held a "glow" where the balloons all stay on the ground and just light up the balloons every time they send flames shooting into the massive balloon to keep it upright. IT WAS SO COOL!!!!! And not to mention BEAUTIFUL! We had such a great time.





Super Boy's favorite balloon was this HUGE PIGGY BANK!!! This photo was taken at the glow, this is the piggy's rear end! The balloon is owned by a local bank. They let kids touch it and climb under it while it was being deflated. It had a coin ready to "fall in" on top and was just an amazing sight. I ever got a great picture of it because I was being dragged here and there by Super Boy wanting to see this or that. We were slightly disappointed because it never left the ground, but we told the owners how cool it was, and that we hoped to someday see the day when pigs fly! They had a good laugh at that (probably out of pity, I'm sure they've heard that joke before!)





My favorite was the "glow". 2 or 3 balloons really lit up well, while the other (darker colored balloons) were harder to see when they were lit up. I hope you all enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed seeing this amazing sight! They say it was a 1st Annual event, so hopefully they'll do it again next year, and then I can invite anyone that lives close enough to come out too! Bye for now!