For the past five or so years Sharee has posted pictures of her family's annual visit to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival, which takes place in October. For years I harbored feelings of resentment, bitterness, and jealousy for never receiving an invitation to come out and visit during that time so that I too could experience such an adventure...
Okay so I'm totally kidding I didn't feel that way, but looking at those pictures sure got me hoping that one day I'd get the chance to attend, and guess what...I got my wish this last Saturday!! Even though it was rather cold, super early in the morning(gotta be there early, 5'ish, if you wanna see the "Mass Ascension"), and Lily whom we all thought would be thrilled to be there was not, I repeat NOT a happy camper, we still enjoyed ourselves and are hoping that we'll be in the area for next years festival (it all just depends on where Eric's rotations will be). So Thanks Sharee and Arthur for letting us tag along with you and your family it was loads of fun!!
So here are a few pictures...sadly Sharee's camera didn't charge even though she had it plugged in the whole night before and we didn't come that much more prepared...our camera's battery was in the "red zone" from the very beginning, so we took what pictures we could...enjoy!
This little guy was a trooper, he slept for the first hour and was content to be held and watch the balloons for the next!
The Butterfly!
The cool thing about this experience is that we were smack dab in the middle of everything. There were groups setting up their balloons all around us and several times all we would have had to do was reach out and touch a balloon as it was being inflated. That's why this picture of Sean is so great, he was a little to preoccupied by the ever growing and looming balloons that were surrounding him to take notice of Aunt Jewels and the camera.
Me and the boy
It's not easy to smile at a camera with the sun right in your face, but these guys make it look easy!
The Haunted House!
It's Bruce off of Finding Nemo!! At least it looks like Bruce :)
4 comments:
Cute pictures!!! I'm glad you guys got a few pictures. They are good ones. Poor Lilly!!! I thought she would love it. How sad that she cried the whole time. Hopefully you guys will still be here next year and the weather might be a little better . . .
Really cute family pictures. It looks like a lot of fun.
Yay Jewels! Um, so I can't wait to hear about everything else you guys have been up to though!!! This was a good start! Haha!
AWESOME! You got some GrEaT shots despite your low battery. And how fun to be there for the balloon fiesta...I'm jealous. Not kidding.
Caleb has changed SO MUCH! He is looking so big! What a stinkin' cute boy. Can't wait to see him for the 1st time in December!!!
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