Memorial Day

I guess we didn't want to waste any of our holiday or something because our memorial day started at 6:30 am! Actually it started earlier for me. 6:30am is when we left for the Hot air balloon festival in Anthony NM. We actually got there in time to see more action this year. The last two years we have gotten there too late and just saw the tail end of it.

Here we are all crammed in the front of the van to get a better look. These are our two favorites. The purple one is a monster and it is so cute! I wish we could have gotten a better picture but it was next to impossible.

In the afternoon the kids got to play with Hailey's "wet n' wild" toy that she got for her birthday. That lasted all of 10 minutes. You can tell that you have acclimated to El Paso when your kids are freezing in 90 degree weather. ha ha.

After that Hailey got to use her gift certificate to Chuck E. Cheese's that Aunt Mandi gave her for her birthday. The kids had a blast but I have to say, Jackson and Alexia are serious saftey hazards in that place. They were climbing all of the rides. Particularly when there were other people on them. People that we don't know. I'm sure they were quite annoyed. Probably not as annoyed as the guy who was playing Skee Ball. Jackson kept trying to run off with the balls. Hailey and Garrison were good sports though. Jackson kept stealing the balls and chucking them up the lane. More than once he grabbed the ball and started running up the lane. Conal had to actually climb up on the the game and chase him up to the top. It was so funny. I wish I had a picture but unfortunately it all happened too fast.

Jackson and Alexia did get to go on a few rides that were age appropriate. They loved this "Wheels on the bus" ride. This little bus sings "The Wheels on the Bus" song and they both would sing a long. Well, Jackson just says "round and round" over and over but close enough.