Monday, September 14, 2009

Balloons

On Saturday afternoon, Jason came running out of our office saying he heard a really weird noise outside our house. He went out back and insisted that I come look. This is what we saw:


I had forgotten that it was the weekend for our annual balloon classic, and certainly had no idea that our neighborhood was one of the targets. The balloons play a game (well the people IN the balloons, you get the idea) of landing on specific targets in the area to get points, and somewhere near our neighborhood was one of the targets!


The picture below is directly across the street from our house. They landed in the field just behind that grey house. TOO COOL!!



What a fun surprise for a Saturday afternoon!

12 comments:

Tatiana said...

Those are beautiful! I love balloons. In the city my sister in law lives, they do this every saturday morning...You just have to wake up at 6am to see them.

Kim said...

Wow that is awesome! What a great view to look out your back door! :D

Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's said...

I wish they flew over my house! So fun!

Anonymous said...

Awesome! I love hot air balloons!

I went to a balloon festival last summer and it was the coolest thing... there were balloons shaped like farms, fish, you name it!

Ashley Paige said...

that's awesome! what a neat thing to see! (it kind of, sort of makes me want to ride in one!)

Katie @ Loves of Life said...

how cool is that!! I am doing an art lesson right now on hot air balloons with my kiddos!

Kristin said...

that is SO awesome! I'm so jealous!!

Shannon said...

:D neato! I've always wanted to go up in one!

Lisa said...

you got some really good shots Paiger!

Laura and Ryan said...

My first response (out loud) was: SHUTUP! Those pics are great!

katie + bret said...

LOVE IT! They do this in east Texas where I am from - I always LOVE seeing the balloons. They also do balloon glows at night where you go to a spot and they all light up - super cool.

Great pictures! FUN!

Amy Lynn said...

That's so cool!!!