Up, Up and Away!

This morning we watched the sun rise over Park City, Utah in a hot air balloon! We had to get up at 4:45 am in order to arrive at the Park City Hotel by 6:30 am.

We watched them unpack and inflate before we climbed in.

Lots of pictures to follow....

It was not really scary at all. I'm not a great "flyer", turbulence makes me nervous, the sudden drops and shakes, terrifying. I expected to be scared but it was so gentle and calm that it was really enjoyable.

The top of our balloon was happy!

Our pilot told us this was one of Tiger Woods homes, it is where he recovered from his knee surgery, he hobbled out on his crutches once to wave at the balloons to say he wished Nike would let him take a ride. Anyway, if you look at the edge of the driveway near the treeline there is a deer, we chased 3 away as we got a little closer.

We passed over a pond and looked down at our reflection.

I feel like it's something I can cross off the 'bucket list'. I don't feel like I can hardly wait to go again, but it was really cool and I'm glad I did, and I wasn't frightened at all!

1st day of school !?

I sent my firstborn son to school 27 years ago in Redmond, Washington. I have gotten a lump in my throat every year since. Yup, even when my kids were heading off to high school and college. Mind you, I got over it in minutes, but it is an emotional moment of reflection. It still makes me want to clean house as a celebratory reaction to the end of summer chaos!

Laura is marking today as "her last first day of school". Hmmmm. Mostly, I am excited for her this time. She appears to have finally gotten good roommates, she is confident in her choices and she already has a job.

One final hurrah at UVU!

... so stay out of trouble, but have fun!!!