Indianola Balloon Classic 2009

This was the 40th year for the Indianola Balloon Classic and it was my first time going. Kevin had been to it before when he was much younger, and, of course, Emily had never been either. Our friends, JD and Doug, suggested we go. So we did. And we had a lot of fun.

We started out at a parade, Emily's first. We didn't catch too much candy. There were other bigger kids that got to the candy before us.

Emily and Daddy watching the parade.

Getting ready to watch the balloons. Look how sunburned the poor baby is.

What a bad Mommy. The only excuse I have is "We were in the shade!"

Poor baby.
She still seems pretty happy.

These first three pictures are of some crazy guy from California who straps himself to a bunch of helium balloons and takes off by running and hoping to catch some air. He lands by letting balloons go. We didn't get to see the landing, but we did see an airplane that looked pretty close to this guy and his balloons. I wonder where you buy balloons that big...

These are random pictures of balloons

Daddy cut my head off. Nice picture...

This balloon was from Milo where Julie is from.

After the balloons all floated away and the band was done playing,

we went back to the motel and fell asleep.