Monday, July 21, 2014

Waterford Balloon Festival

Saturday afternoon we took the girls out to Waterford for the balloon festival. We've never been there, and it was totally awesome! We got to play some games, eat some yummy food and hang out with friends while we waited to see if the hot air balloons would be able to take their flight.
 I take what I can get for sibling photos at this point! 
 Finally got Gianna making her silly face. I LOVE this face!!
 We hung out with the Luburich's for a bit.
 We had to watch the colored flag on the right. Red was signifying the pilots could not prepare their balloons at all. The wind speeds had to be 12 MPH or less. There were several meetings that took place with the head balloon guy to determine if flight was safe.
 Red quickly turned to yellow. That told pilots they could begin their cold inflation.
 We hung out with Finley and M.J and hoped the yellow flag would turn green!

 It did!!! The process of watching the balloons get ready for flight was so awesome! I was shocked at how quick they got the balloons out, inflated and in flight!



 They're off! This was the first balloon to take flight.

 The second balloon is off! 





 Gianna was quite amused at the balloons flying over her head! We will definitely go back next year. We'll make sure to stay later for the glow part though.

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