Balloon Fiesta

Every October, Albuquerque holds the huge Balloon Fiesta, with hot air balloons from around the world -- and we were actually able to go for a few hours one of the mornings this year! (Brielle's dance class got to do a little show at one of the stands there, so we all decided to go that morning and see her -- it was really neat that Jared's Mom & Grandma Brown were able to be there too!) These are from the morning of October 9...The morning we went happened to be the morning of the "Special Shapes" balloons -- and the kids absolutley loved it!! They could not keep their eyes off the air... It was pretty neat! Early morning & crazy traffic, but we all ended up having a lot of fun!

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Brielle's little dance show was really cute too. She was very excited to get to be up on the stage! (We have some really cute shots of her thanks to Grandma Ray's awesome camera!!)

It was a pretty fun experience for our family -- our morning at the Balloon Fiesta! (Despite the way Colette might be portraying it in this picture here)... :)