We always go to see the hot-air balloons in Provo. When our alarm went off at 4:45 am on Saturday the first thing I registered was the howling wind. Darn! We debated if we should wake up the kids and go down and hope that the wind wasn't as bad in Provo. We texted family and called my brother who lives across the street from the launch site. He said the wind wasn't too bad, so we got the kids up and headed to Provo.
Only a few of the balloons launched and then quickly floated way Northwest, so they weren't any balloon games, but it was still fun to see the ones that did go up. The wind wasn't too bad, but very noticeable for the hot-air balloons. Kate was terrified of the hot-air balloons. She was clingy and shaky the whole time. She wanted someone holding her and she would cover her ears every time things got noisy. She kept saying, "Balloons scary. Kate scared. Go home now!" We still enjoyed being with family and eating breakfast on blankets.
After balloons, we all headed to our house for lunch and games. The weather was still very cool, but the kids were determined to play in the water. They had a great time! They discovered they could really fly if they hosed down the slide and put the slip-n-slide at the bottom of the slide. All the kids loved that. The boys had a great time with the squirt toys and the little girls loved playing in the pool. Kate would just sit in the pool while Brynnley would kick and splash.
After water fun, we ate a yummy lunch of pulled pork sandwiches, fruit and chips. After lunch, Ford's headed home and everyone stayed around for naps, board games and relaxing. Kate was so beyond exhausted. She would not go to sleep, just screamed and screamed. Finally Grandpa Randall took pity on her and rocked her to sleep. Now, it's all about Grandpa; she always wants to know where Grandpa is all the time! We met up again for a pizza dinner, s'mores in our backyard and Cul-de-Sac of Fire! Gavin was old enough to start some fireworks and love it. It was so chilly that we spent the afternoon and evening wrapped up the blankets. What an odd Fourth of July! So windy and cold.
It was such a fun day! We loved spending it with family, especially Grandma and Grandpa. We are so blessed to live in the USA. I love our country! I love to live here! I love raising my children here! We are truly blessed.
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It was a really fun day and sad that the balloons didn't make it but it was still fun.
What a great day it was! Even though the balloons didn't launch, it was so much fun to watch them inflate and try! The whole day was just a very fun family time! How we missed those when we were serving our mission! It's good to be home!
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