What Boys Do

I'm sure this will only be the first of many posts on "what boys do", but that's the most appropriate title I could think of.

So, a couple Saturdays ago, there was an annual hot air balloon race we always try to go to, but don't always make it. Last year we were in Disney when it was happening and the year before, Levi was only in a stroller, but remembered it for many months afterward. Needless to say, we really like being there, watching the balloons, up close, inflate then fly away. It's really cool. Anyhoo, we went to the race. We have to be there by 6:30 am on a Saturday morning, but to placate those of us who are late sleepers (ie: the teenagers), I take them to Denny's for breakfast afterwards. Well, we met some friends there, at the field, then we all went to breakfast together. That was a lot of fun since we had 4 adults and 11 children! lol As the sun was coming up over the field, I took a beautiful picture of the sunrise....

Then, since none of the balloons had started inflating yet, we took a group picture......

Then, once the balloons started inflating, I went to take more pictures, but guess what?? My camera battery was dead! Now, can you possibly imagine how such a thing could happen?? Especially since I keep it on my charger dock all the time??

Well, I have an idea. Maybe this....

Or this.....

I was so bummed! I didn't get one picture of the balloons! And, they're so colorful and beautiful! THEN, as if that wasn't enough, as I was leaving, I ran into a friend of mine who works with the sponsoring group and she told me that this year was probably going to be the last year. Apparently, they are running out of places the balloons can put down between the beginning and ending locations. I guess no one has open land that they want to let the balloons land in. That's unfortunate, because this is such a fun and free thing to do. So, here's a couple pix from 2 years ago (My, how the kids have grown!) so you can see what it's really like there.

I figured out later, that Levi has been "using" my camera when no one is looking to take pictures. He really enjoys it, judging from the number of pictures on my camera of toys, windows, animals, food, tv, beds, pillows, clothes, etc. lol Maybe he'll be a famous photographer one day! Who knows??

Now, the next thing in this episode of "What Boys Do", is this....

You might be a redneck if you use plastic army men for checkers pieces!! lol

I guess boys will be boys, but there's sure not many dull moments, huh? :-) Looks like the left team lost since they're all dead! :-)

Stay tuned for more excitement on the next episode of "What Boys Do"!