Beautiful Balloons

So Will has wanted to see a hot air balloon show for awhile now.  We tried to see it in Walla Walla, but that one was canceled.  Then I heard about a show in Prosser.  We looked at the weather report and it looked nice so we decided to risk it.

For some reason the balloons have to lift up right after sunrise.  So we got to leave at 5:30 in the morning to make it there.  The kids weren't thrilled with this, but they survived.  And look at how happy they are to be waiting at the Prosser airport.

This is the balloon that we were closest to.  It ended up being huge but we got to see them start filling it up with air.  The flames were cool to see but I couldn't get a good picture of that.

This was the first balloon that made it all the way up and into the air.  It was one of my favorites because of its beautiful colors.

The patriotic American flag balloon goes up into the air.  There was a commentator who told us what each balloon was called and who was flying it.

I loved seeing lots of balloons in the sky at the same time - so amazing.  It would be pretty awesome to fly in one someday.

Prosser was having a little festival after the show.  Whitney admires somebody's handiwork.

We just had to stop and get little balloon animals from this guy.  The kids loved their balloons.

These cookies were called something like straight from heaven.  I don't know about that but they were pretty good, very sugary and pricey.  But the kids all loved them.  It is nice to get treats now and then.

Then we stopped to play at the Prosser park.  This was a big and pretty cool park.  Adam found this slide and went on it over and over and over and over.

There were lots of balancing kinds of toys that would swing a little as the kids walked across them.  Rachel was probably the best at this.

Adam found this mural by the park.  He has recently learned 'wheel' and he likes to find wheels everywhere.  This was extra special because there were two little toy cars just sitting there so Adam played with them for awhile while his sisters kept playing in the park.

So it was really fun.  I am glad the balloons went up this time; I guess they did not go up on Friday morning.  So we got lucky.  It was beautiful.