The Balloon Fest

This weekend the Wells' family ventured out into this wonderful heat. We decided to go to the balloon festival for a little while. Well, here's the thing...good thoughts don't always turn into good results. You would think by now that it has cooled down enough to enjoy the great outdoors...ha, nope! To make things worse there is literally no shade out there. Don't get me wrong, we had a good time but I do have some complaints.
Attention city of Plano: This is supposed to be a fun family event. Why do you have to spend 20 bucks just to get into the thing. There are so many families that are hurting right now and I think that ten dollar parking is a little much. Yes, I know you could do five dollar parking and walk a long way down Spring Creek with your kids, but that is a little extreme too. Once you get into the festival and wipe the sweat out of your eyes you realize that there is this huge kids area. Great! O, wait...that too cost money. They did have a tent that had free crafts and things, but it was jammed packed and I am sure well over a hundred degrees in there. Here's an idea...move it back to Bob Woodruff,or make this later in the year! My other complaint is smokers! I know you have the right to make us all sick because you can't or just choose not to quit smoking, but when you are completely surrounded by children and pregnant women, does common sense not come into play? Be respectful!!!!
Ok, so with all that said, we did have a pretty good time. Abby did awesome and never fussed...unlike her mom! She got to sit on daddy's shoulders and watch the balloons take off. She did a lot of dancing and ate some ice cold snow cones!