Sunday, July 20, 2008

Cousins Come to Visit

Even though Gina was in the midst of buying a new home and moving in, she graciously came to visit us for a couple of days. It was short, but at least the weather mostly behaved for her and she got to enjoy some non-Arizona summer time.

We weren't running around like tourists, but we DID go and check out the Orange County Great Park Balloon. It's a large helium balloon ride for free. It was short but a fun enough thing to do rather than sitting around at home.

Here's the basic balloon setup. Get in the round basket, go up about 500 feet, look around for a few minutes, and come back down.

Here we are posing for the camera. Derek came along too - he's just taking the picture.


The balloon from inside the basket.


I haven't posed for a picture of my pregnant belly for a while so this will have to do for anyone curious about how big I am these days.

This is the view from up top.


That funny shaped red building is actually just a few blocks from where we live. We couldn't exactly see our house, but pretty close.

Ryan "riding" on one of the bike racks.

Best picture ever. Check out that cute Judy.

5 comments:

Brian & Veronica said...

I love your new sidebar pictures, especially the one of Ryan. I love pictures that tell stories and show personalities. It's one of my all-time favorite pictures now!

jenerekfamily said...

Thanks. My Mom took that picture the last time she was here. I can't WAIT for her to come back. ;)

Natalie said...

What a fun outing! CUTE CUTE CUTEST PREGNANT BELLY!! I love it! You are so adorable! Can hardly wait to meet the new baby girl! :D

Angie said...

Okay 1.) CUTEST pregnant belly ever. I'm quite jealous... you just have a little ball in front... I seem to get pregnant EVERYWHERE if you know what I mean.

and 2.) I seem to remember doing something like this in preschool (the balloon ride) Is my memory serving me correctly??

Jolene Warren said...

I think that you are a very brave woman! I have a firm agreement with Gravity. We really like each other! By the way, I agree with the whole belly thing, way too cute! Also, you can't let me down.... Sunday is our day for the girlie to come out! :-)