up up and away

when i heard that sandy city was hosting their first annual balloon festival i was so excited. i remember going to the park city balloon festival when i was little and thinking it was so neat. so, i was thrilled to take the girls. on saturday morning, we woke up really early and were there at 6:30 am. well lets just say next time i will be alittle more prepared. at 6:30 in the morning the sun is not up yet so my girls were freezing and whinning. note to self take jackets next year. we arrived thinking that we would be getting there right when the action started, but next year i think i will let the girls sleep a little longer. the balloon didnt start filling up until about 7:15am. and never stand right next to the balloon with a two year old when they start heating it with the fire. they go bananas ( scared to death) it makes a really loud sound in addition to shooting out fire. claire cried everytime she heard it and annnie about crawled right out of my armseach time she heard it.
But after the sun came out, the balloons started filling up and hot air balloons where all over, we had a great time and cant wait until next years.