Fun Bouncing

We had a stint last fall where we went to the bouncey place A LOT........here are a few more pics from one of our trips.

During this trip we ran into some friends :-)

Slides are always fun!

The kids love this wind tunnel.

It's hard to see, but Sidney's laying on all the stretchy straps........she was taking a break, she was having a hard time climbing to the top this day.

Hot Air Balloon Festival

Last fall we took the kids to a hot air balloon festival in Scottsdale. It was the first time we had been to one and they had SO many balloons there, and bounce houses for the kids. It was really cool........there was a TON of people there. We had to drag the kids away (which isn't unusual for our kids........they never want the fun to end!)

It was around dusk when we arrived and for an additional fee you could get a tethered ride in one of the balloons. We see hot air balloons all the time in the winter here and Sidney wants to go on one SO bad. Maybe someday :-)

 I absolutely LOVED this one!

 At first I didn't even realize that there were all these other balloons on the other side of the park. We made our way over there and they were handing out Halloween candy. The kids were kind of hesitant though, it seemed each time we got right up next to one of the balloons they would pull the cord for the flame to help inflate the balloon and the it would really scare the kids.

They were really having a hard time with this neat clown balloon, but we were fascinated watching them try over and over to get it to completely inflate.

Update

I know it's been a LONG time since I've done a post. We've been busy, to say the least. Roman was working out of state for 13 months and only home every 3rd weekend, my Mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in November of last year and successfully completed treatment (after 5 hospitalizations for pneumonia), but is still having residual side effects, especially with nausea, and he has lost a considerable amount of weight, the kids and I spent our annual summer break in WA, my sister and her family moved out of state and all three kids are in school this year! Whew.......you would think that would leave me extra time to try and catch up, but now Roman is working out of state again, and with three kids in school, it's three times the paperwork, homework takes 3 times as long and the mounds of dishes and laundry aren't going anywhere!
I think I was having problems the last time I attempted a post, so I gave up, and again I was having problems with it not letting me upload any photos. I'll try to look at it again soon. I have let go of trying to catch up, but I will try to cover the last year briefly with my favorites.