The Balloons!

Andy and I went to the Walla Walla Balloon Stampede this morning. This meant that we had to get up about 4:00am to leave about 5:00am and arrive there by 6:00am. What an early day for us! Going to the balloons on Mother's Day weekend is a tradition for us. Usually, my sister goes too, but she made some other plans, like driving to Mexico with a our other 'sister'! This one is from Wild Horse Casino in Pendleton, Oregon.

Here is a looky inside as they are blowing it up.

The upper picture is what we saw when we were walking in.
Strawberries, anyone?

This one is called The Wild Goose. I just love the snakes and eyes in the bottom picture of the cattails.
I heard that there were 39 balloons total. That doesn't sound like many, but for our area it is. They are having a Night Glow tonight. We have never gotten to go to that. One of these years we'll back it though. Tonight a close friend of ours is playing music with the band she plays in. They are the Dawg-on Cool Katz .

If you live in the area, you should go see them sometime. They are good and have a fun time everywhere they play!

Balloon Time is here Again!

I just love watching hot air balloons! Andy and I are going to Walla Walla Saturday morning to watch them again. There is a big craft show too. Usually, my sister goes, but I think she's wimping out this year! She just doesn't want to get up at 4:00am to drive up there in time to see them.

J.R - Maybe we'll stop at Blimpie's on our way home and get something. I've gotta help support your retirement you know! haha

We'll the news of the day is that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is leaving DEI at the end of the season. I just didn't think he'd leave there, but I was wrong. It'll be interesting to see who he ends up with now. There are lots of rumors flying around about it.

I'll be posting pictures on Sunday of the balloons, so keep watching here.

A Parade

While we were in Wenatchee we watched a parade. Here are a few pictures.



This is Blitz, the Seattle Seahawks mascot!

Family Pictures

We had a large BBQ at one of Mike's sisters in Wenatchee. It was fun and the 1st time we've all been together in at least 9 years.
(Hey, Miranda, looky at what I'm wearing. Look familiar?) Here's all the Wheeler's. Back row: Jodi, Andy, Tyke,Mike, Dorothy
Center row: Dolores
Sitting row: Barb, Skip, Joey

The brothers and sisters: Dolores, Mike, Dorothy

Skip, Joey

Woody Woodpecker came to visit

We kept hearing a noise outside, taptaptaptaptaptap, kind of like someone hammering on something. Well, we found out there was a woodpecker on a power pole across the street. I went out to get a picture of it (in the rain) and it flew away. I don't know if this is the same one that visited us last year or not. That one was in our tree though.

I'm not sure what it is about that power pole, but a while back there was a peacock up on it. He sat there and squawked for about 15 hours or more! He kept us awake most of the night. Very annoying! We live across the street from an elementary school in the city limits, so it's not like we live in the country where these types of birds might be more common. It's funny though!