Balloon Fest

Our 4th of July activities this year were limited because of work and sickness, but we did manage to go to the annual balloon fest in Provo on Tuesday. We woke up early and got there around 6:30am, just in time to see the last of the balloons fill up and take off.

Before getting there we grabbed some donuts for breakfast. Claire was a little tired at first but quickly got into it and watched the balloons in awe.

We had a lot of fun watching the hot air balloons fly above us. I didn't realize until this year that they have no control of what direction they go just how high and how low they go. 

On the 4th, we did visit family for a little bit and went to a barbeque at a neighbors house for a little while, but then Claire got a little sick and we ended up taking care of her that night instead of going out to see or do any fireworks. Since she was still awake late that night we took her outside to the front yard to see if we could see any fireworks. We saw a few far away ones and Claire seemed only mildly interested in them, but then some fireworks were shot pretty much right above us from a house nearby and her face completely changed to a sad, scared, whimper. She obviously did not like them this year. Maybe next year... :)