I'm taller than my husband when I wear shoes and he is barefoot (and he is 6'1"). I can say the alphabet backwards in 5 seconds. I LOVE cereal - I would eat it for every meal if my family didn't object. I am a francophile (j'adore la langue française). I play the piano, and I love to teach; at one insane point I had 42 students. If I could do whatever I wanted 24 hours a day, I would read and blog. I love my family, and I don't think I show them often enough. I watch entirely too much tv. I eat chocolate every day.
I like to think that I would be capable of riding in a hot air balloon, but I'm pretty sure it would freak me out. Too open and too far away from the ground to be in such an open space. However, I do think they're beautiful to look at.
How exciting! What a feeling to be up in the air looking down on God's creations. Did you ride? It would still be cool to see how HUGE those hot air balloons are even if you didn't ride.
My dad was always on a chase crew for a balloon every 4 th of July growing up, I helped one year and got to ride it was so cool, definitely worth the early mornings.
Christian and I met our junior year in high school, hated each other, dated each other's best friends our senior year, fell in love six days before he went on his mission, and got engaged eight days after he came home from his mission. We were married in the Laie Hawaii LDS temple. We have been married for fourteen years and we have three sweet children.
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Very fun!
I took a hot balloon ride over St. George once.
Looks like fun! Did you get to go up in one?
I LOVE the balloons!!! How fun! I LOVE the picture at the bottom! SO CUTE! Love you guys!
I miss seeing the balloons when we lived in Oregon...it was so much fun and so colorful.
Awesome pics:)
Very fun! I bet the boys loved it!
I remember going to one of those in Idaho when I was little. It was early in the morning, but it was also pretty cool.
So beautiful. I am all sorts of colors of envy.
Oh, how cool! My boys always ask if we can see/ride a hot-air balloon. (they love the book choo-choo-clickety-clack)
I like to think that I would be capable of riding in a hot air balloon, but I'm pretty sure it would freak me out. Too open and too far away from the ground to be in such an open space. However, I do think they're beautiful to look at.
From the ground.
Wow! What a day! I love hot air balloons! Thanks for sharing those.
Hot air balloons are so cool looking all hanging aloft in the air.
That's so cool!! How often do they do that up there?? I totally want to go! :)
Amazing! Thanks for sharing the pictures!
Yeah, after living there 3 years, I never got up to go to one.
Actually, since they're on a Saturday usually I guess I had Tuacahn.
Sad...because it looks amazing!
How fun!
Beautiful scene! I love balloon launches.
How fun, I always when I was single to have my husband ask me to marry him in a hot air balloon..
lets just say... it didn't happen.. not that way anyways.. lol
Cute little famili!
Great pictures! Maybe we shouldn't have slept through Sky Fest...
I love hot air balloons!! Those are some great pics!!
Awesome! Looks like a fun time. I always mean to go to events like this but we can't get up early enough!
Great pictures....I think it would be so fun to go on a hot air balloon ride!
I used to go to the balloon festival. Looks like a lot of fun!
How exciting! What a feeling to be up in the air looking down on God's creations. Did you ride? It would still be cool to see how HUGE those hot air balloons are even if you didn't ride.
That must be in Cedar City. I always enjoyed seeing those balloons when I lived there. Great Pics!
Those pictures are Great! Especially the last one. Looks like a beautiful day.
We did this for the first time this year in Provo and the kids LOVED it!!
I think it's going to be a tradition now :)
My dad was always on a chase crew for a balloon every 4 th of July growing up, I helped one year and got to ride it was so cool, definitely worth the early mornings.
Oooooo I wish I could have been there. All those beautiful balloons. So so much fun. What a fun fest. I love the photos.
That looks so freakin' awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So love the balloons! Great family pic at the bottom.
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