We decided to make a family night of attending the Plano Balloon Festival this year. We had not been since Brianna and Nate were little so we thought it would be fun. As the time to go approached, and the rain finally stopped, I realized that it might not be such a great idea for me to walk around too much. I had been having pretty bad consistent contractions all afternoon. Sam, being the trooper he is, decided he would take the kids himself while I rested. They had a blast.

There were not as many balloons as usaual because of all the rain, but the kids did find a favorite.

William is very much into Toy Story right now, so they all fell in love with this great big penguin balloon that looked just like Wheezy from Toy Story 2. We won't tell William that the balloon was actually Penguin Ice's mascot!

Sam and the kids ended the festival by rocking out to the Kildaires, a celtic rock band that was actually pretty good. They really enjoyed themselves. Hopefully next year the whole crew will be able to go.