As I'm sure you've come to notice, the Freedom Festival Balloon Fest is a tradition in our family, as it was for each of our families growing up. Dan's dad is the emcee and one of the ring leaders of the event, so the kids think that's especially cool.
This year was the first appearance of the Darth Vader balloon, which brought its own following of Star Wars junkies. They patrolled and guarded their balloon in complete costume, which was completely hilarious to me. My kids didn't really get it since they haven't ever seen the movie, but they did appreciate the odd balloon.
Take a load of that view of Timp in the background! Do we live in a beautiful place or what? We love the Ballon Fest. It's sort of like Christmas morning at our house. And if we look like we all have pillow faces and bed head, it's because we do! We have to drag our kids out of bed before 6:00 am to get there on time.
