Art and balloons!

Just wanted to share a few pictures from some weekend activities over the past few weeks. First, we went to a new park downtown called "CityGarden" (oddly enough, we found out about it after my dad read about it in the Deseret News and called and asked if we knew about it). It's just a few blocks from the Arch and has a bunch of interesting statues and art and a nice fountain to run through. It seems like a fun place to hang out, maybe have a picnic. The sumo-stretcher piece was my favorite (that and the random flamingos around...sorry no pictures).

Then last weekend was the annual balloon glow at Forest Park. It was a lot of fun again this year. I picked Linzi up from work, and we walked over to the field where the balloons were. We were able to meet up with the Allens, but that was pure coincidence...cell phone coverage is non-existent at this event, so we just had a no-signal message all night long. But we got to wander around the balloons (the wind was blowing them around pretty good...it was kind of funny because all of a sudden one of the guys holding the support ropes would just go flying by you trying to keep it from toppling over...slightly reminded me of Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld with Woody Woodpecker), watch the fireworks at the end, and of course, enjoy the biggest corndog we've ever seen. All in all, a very fun night. We can't wait for next year (maybe we'll figure out a way to get a ride in one of them).

Sorry, these are the best balloon shots we got...a nice b-day cake and goldfish. There was one with rats on it that I wanted to get a shot of, but must have forgotten. :(