The Balloon Fest

Last Saturday we took Isabelle to the Plano Balloon Fest, it was a first time for all of us and we really had a great time. The walk from the parking lot to the fest was ridiculous to say the least, but well worth it to see the awesome show! We packed a dinner, brought a blanket and found a spot on top of the hill to watch all of the events. It started off with the sky divers. Isabelle's only question was "why are they jumping out the plane".. Can someone explain that to me, why DOES a person jump out of a perfectly good plane?? I don't know the reason, but it made for great pictures:

After the sky divers Isbaelle started to socialize (as Isabelle does), and of course she found some friends. The people sitting in front of us had a little girl, Sidney, and Isabelle had a blast playing and trying on the hats that she brought with her.

She is such a natural performer!

Ditching Mom and Dad for her friend, I cannot believe it has already started so soon.

The Balloons were obviously the highlight of the day, there were probably 30 of them all within yards of where we were sitting. As they took off many of them flew over us, and the really amazing site was when they lit up after dark.

After the balloon show they had fireworks, which I kind of wish I had not told Isabelle about. Isabelle LOVES fireworks, and they were suppose to start at 9 pm which was past her bed time but I thought it would be ok to be a little late. The fireworks ended up starting at more like 10, so by the time we got home it was 11-11:30. We were all so tired, and Isabelle had fallen asleep in the car before we could even get out of the parking lot.