Brian and I were able to kick off our Saturday date night with Mass (so wonderful to sit peacefully in Mass) leaving Sunday morning free for fun at ballon fiesta park. As you can see, there were not too many balloons left to launch by the time we got to the field. We are not die hard early risers. We left the house around 7am, stopped for McDonalds breakfast to take in to the park, and arrived just in time to park and enter the fiesta for free. Balloons, although not still on the field were in the sky all around us and we were able to see the "Bee Family" take off. The kids were totally satisfied, as were we!
And then...we ran back to the house to get the backpacks and headed over to hike around the volcanoes on the west mesa. The kids pretended that they were looking for the lost treasure of El Dorado. We have to be careful letting Thomas "pretend" these things because he often becomes VERY determined to ACTUALLY do or find what ever it is. I think for a while he really thought we could dig up some gold!
Thomas and Lauren were BFFs all day on Sunday...so refreshing. But Monday morning hit and all the magic of the fresh-air-filled weekend had completely worn off!
Check out our HAIRY hiking companion!!!!
Thomas' pants pockets were at least as full as Lauren's shirt. When we were back at the car they each had to pick their three favorite rocks to carry home...it took a while.
Sweet little Ro zonked out in the end.
