Afternoon Bubbles

Kate and I went outside to blow bubbles the other day, right after her afternoon nap.  This girl likes to strip down to her undies for naptime, and then to go back outside I make her get dressed again, so it's usually in whatever clothes she can find quickest.  This is how I love my middle girl: scrappy, messy, mismatched, joyful.

Balloon Fiesta

With three kids and a semi-tight budget (thanks to Dave Ramsey!), we don't get to travel much anymore.  But last weekend, we did make it to Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta!  We didn't actually go in the "official" park where they launch the balloons... thanks, again, to the budget (Eight bucks a person?  Seriously?).  But we did find a quiet street nearby where we could park and sit and watch the hundreds of balloons lift off into the morning light.  My first time... kinda cool.

Jack and Kate were not that impressed by the cold.

Maggie, however, is always a little trooper.

A rare picture of me!