Labor Day weekend in Colorado Springs means hot air balloons. I headed over to Memorial Park before church on Sunday to watch the balloons take off. The weather was perfect with almost no wind. The balloons went up and hung around. The lead balloon even came back around and did a second "splash & dash". Prospect Lake is just south of the takeoff field and the balloons try to skim the top of the water and take off again. This is called splash & dash, and it makes for some great picture opportunities.
Here are a few of my favorite balloon pics:
Last weekend, I drove to Amarillo for the twins' baptisms. I went down on Saturday and came back on Wednesday. Everybody else from out-of-town left on Monday, so I had a couple more days to spend time with Joy and Jacob (and Joshua, Laura & Jeff). I only wish I lived a little closer, so I could spend more time down there! Here's a few pics from the visit:
Jacob with his blanket and puppy.
Joy with her blanket and lamb.
Me with Jacob and Joy.
Joshua :-)
