You may recall this post when I coined the phrase channeling my "inner nie chi". I have been a long time admirer of her life and have been surprised at how off my game I feel this week as a result of the suffering of this family that I don't even know. (voyeur much?) I wasn't sure if I would be able to attend any of the actual scheduled launches, so I cheated and staged one with Abbie a few days early.
Since I am not one to miss a party, Anne and I headed down to Provo to honor this event..
We loaded up the car and weren't exactly sure where in Provo it would take place, only that there was a rumored hot air balloon that was going to be there. So we drove lamely until we found a hot air balloon.
Wah-lah.
I don't know what I was expecting but this gig had pony rides, carnival type games, cotton candy, snow cones, a band, hot dogs, popcorn, bounce house stuff, a snake whisperer (?), and you could enter to win a IPOD shuffle.
I was impressed.
Debbie Downer, er, Bradfo believed we were in the wrong place and went to verify with some friendly looking missionaries.
Yep. Wrong place. Not the park with the Nie Balloon Launch. Some random, albeit super awesome Stake Activity.
So Anne and I left Bradfo and the girls and sped away to the real place (thank you to our friend at the Orem dispatch who looked it up.)
Notice the time? The real launch was a good 20 blocks away. Oh and Anne didn't have gas. (hee-hee, make that fuel).
"I'm coming CJane!!!"
We made it just in time.
Celebrity sightings.
Then we headed back to the super cool random Stake activity. I love the GTH look on my sweet baby's face.
So, really Provo? What's with the trick fake hot air balloon? What are the odds of that? I suppose, looking back it seemed strange that everything at the faux-Nie-party (get it? phony party?!) was free and there was nary a collection jar, but who cares. There was cotton candy, and I'm sure Nie can appreciate that.
Since I am not one to miss a party, Anne and I headed down to Provo to honor this event..
We loaded up the car and weren't exactly sure where in Provo it would take place, only that there was a rumored hot air balloon that was going to be there. So we drove lamely until we found a hot air balloon.
Wah-lah.
I don't know what I was expecting but this gig had pony rides, carnival type games, cotton candy, snow cones, a band, hot dogs, popcorn, bounce house stuff, a snake whisperer (?), and you could enter to win a IPOD shuffle.
I was impressed.
Debbie Downer, er, Bradfo believed we were in the wrong place and went to verify with some friendly looking missionaries.
Yep. Wrong place. Not the park with the Nie Balloon Launch. Some random, albeit super awesome Stake Activity.
So Anne and I left Bradfo and the girls and sped away to the real place (thank you to our friend at the Orem dispatch who looked it up.)
Notice the time? The real launch was a good 20 blocks away. Oh and Anne didn't have gas. (hee-hee, make that fuel).
"I'm coming CJane!!!"
We made it just in time.
Celebrity sightings.
Then we headed back to the super cool random Stake activity. I love the GTH look on my sweet baby's face.
So, really Provo? What's with the trick fake hot air balloon? What are the odds of that? I suppose, looking back it seemed strange that everything at the faux-Nie-party (get it? phony party?!) was free and there was nary a collection jar, but who cares. There was cotton candy, and I'm sure Nie can appreciate that.
Comments
"I'm coming CJane!"
You are awesome.
I need a new bra. Uh, do my boobs really look like that??? Goo.
You are so cool. I know that sounds like jr high. But you are. Seriously.
and, where were the hot air balloons and donkey rides at our event? that stake done showed us up.
love ya