Balloon Fiesta

One of the things that Albuquerque is famous for is its annual Balloon Festival. It is the largest hot air balloon festival in the world that lasts nine days and has around 750 balloons that participate. My parents wanted to come visit this fall so we had them come during the balloon fiesta so that we could experience it together!

Unfortunately, the day we went with Trent was cancelled because of bad weather and he missed out when we went back on Monday morning. The upside is that first day we had our first New Mexican Breakfast Burrito. And it was delicious. People rave about them and now I know why. We did try to take Trent again later in the week, but we ended up with the stomach flu/more bad weather. I guess we HAVE to go again next year!

Here are some pics of that one successful attempt on Monday morning:

 Famous Creamland Dairy cow balloon. Its crazy to me that they can even get it up in the air!

 The ice cream cone was an Ethan favorite. He kept mentioning it for weeks after we went!

Basketball. Of course.

"Special Shapes" balloons are a huge attraction here. Here's a fireman and Darth Vader. Darth Vader's balloon crew all wears storm trooper uniforms and march around in formation. It was pretty fun to see them!

 You can see the pregnant belly a little in this one. 

It was fun to get to stand next to the balloons and watch them take off one by one.