Letters to Gage, Gabe and Grant: Balloons, Tunes and BBQ 2013

Dear Gage and Gabe,

A couple weekends ago, we went to the Balloons, Tunes and BBQ festival at the Bowling Green Airport. They had a huge set up full of carnival rides, bouncing houses, food, entertainment and tethered balloon rides. We spent the first hour or so letting you Gage ride the carnival rides with your cousin KD. You rode the airplanes, the cars and the train. You rode down the slide with Daddy and on the Ferris Wheel with me. The operator forgot to let us off after our first round on the Ferris Wheel, so we got to go twice! You kept asking/saying, "We're up high Mommy. Are we up high?" The things you say are quite entertaining.

Riding the cars

Gabe - riding in the stroller - maybe next year you'll get to ride the rides buddy

Riding the roller coaster with KD

Airplanes with KD

KD and "Krista-neenee" on the slide

Daddy and Gage on the slide

Riding the Ferris Wheel with Momma

After riding rides, we made our way over to the bounce houses. There were about 10 to 12 different bounce houses and they were all different. There was a dinosaur house, a small slide, a Cars house, a basketball house, an obstacle course house, a giant Titanic, and others. You loved the obstacle course house the best. I went through with you the first time to help you navigate the different obstacles, but after that you were on your own. You played and played and jumped and jumped for nearly 2 hours.

Bouncing with KD

Sliding

Gabe got to play too

Mommy, Gage and the balloons

The line to the tethered balloon rides had started to dwindle down, so we decided to make a go for it. While we were waiting in line, we saw the balloon glow. The announcer counted down from ten and then all the balloons lit their fires and glowed in the dark. It was really neat! We were about 10 people from the front of the line and the attendant put up a rope. No more balloon rides! We were a bit devastated, as one of the main reasons we went on Friday night was for the balloon rides. But I wasn't upset for too long because I knew you had so much fun and had no idea what you missed. We grabbed a bite to eat and then let you jump for a few more minutes. We had a really great time and look forward to the fun next year!