Balloons!

The Colorado Balloon Classic was this weekend, and it is one of our favorite ways to kick off fall. We tried to go Saturday morning and it was so windy we turned around and went home. We later heard they ended up cancelling. We were determined to go though, so we got up before church Sunday and tried again. Beautiful weather this time! The kids had so much fun. I started crying because they were so excited. I blame hormones:) Levi literally pointed at every balloon for over an hour and said, "balloon! balloon!." Family shot.
Balloon!

No time to pose for a picture.

I know some of you are desperate for a belly-shot...sorry!

It was super sunny!

Poor Katie was terrified when they started the fan to blow up a balloon right next to us. She rallied pretty quick though.

I love how close we get to be!

Another blinded by sun shot.

Levi looks stunned in most of these shots.

Watching lift off.

Can't wait until next year. We will have a 4 1/2 year old, 2 1/2 year old and a 9 month old! We need a new stroller!

Ballet

Katie has talked excitedly for weeks about her ballet class. We watched videos of ballerinas and practiced dancing. Today was finally the big day!To put in mildly, she was a bit of a stinker about it. She didn't want to go in. Refused to participate. And kept making her crazy silly face at me. She did like the barre excercises and said that next week she wants to go back. She said she will listen to the teacher next time. I think we will probably try one more week and see. I'm guessing she was nervous with the whole process. She sure did look cute though.

We also made some new t-shirt headbands this week. They don't slip and are so easy to make! Katie helped me cut out the circles to make the flower!

The last days of summer...I hope.

This summer has been so hot! The news is reporting that it is the hottest summer on record for Colorado. This adds up to one very tired, swollen, and ready for fall pregnant mama. I love all the things we have done this summer, but my body is definitely ready for some cooler temperatures!

Our garden. I planted about a month later than I should have but we are hoping to get some corn, zuchinni and more than a handful of beans from the garden. Since we haven't had a huge hail-storm we are doing 100 times better than last year with this garden! Levi loved the beans. Katie asked me about 500 times not to make her eat them. I told her each time that I wouldn't. She ended up trying them and loved them.

Sprinkler time. I sat in the wet grass and let the kids go crazy with the hose. We made it to lunchtime that way:) On a side-note. I have a thing against 2 pieces for little girls. It isn't that I think they are horrible. I actually think Katie looks adorable in this one. But! There are so few rites of passage for little girls. They are supposed to grow up so quickly and care so much about their bodies and what they look like. So, for us, bikinis are for in the backyard only until she is older.

Drowning the garden.

Sky-Sox baseball game. The kids were more interested in mooching food off people than the game. We still had fun for a short time though.