a hot air balloon ride, the ballet and waffles!

we had a super slow morning lounging around

and by the time i was finally eating breakfast, 

my friend jenna stopped by to tell us there were free hot air balloon rides at our local park 

put on by someone she knew

and hardly anyone was there so we should hurry and go

so of course we went

 they were tethered rides that we had to wait in a little line for in the cold

but the kids had fun playing at the park and there were some donuts and hot cocoa which helped

 it turns out hot air balloons are really loud

so the kids weren't too sure about it at first

 there's our neighborhood and the pretty mountains

 i think they liked it

 afterward we grocery shopped and then the girls and i got ready to go to the ballet

hazel had really wanted to go to the nutcracker this last winter

but we never did  so instead i bought tickets to see swan lake at byu

when olive heard us talking about it, she really wanted to go

 heading in

 in their seats

the ballet was split into four acts and there were little intermissions in between each

which helped these antsy girls

i also brought snacks

they liked it but they felt like it was still long 

 i really liked it, it was super well done

i figured i'd take the girls to dessert on our date

but we decided to let the rest of the family come, too

and we all headed to the new waffle love store

 eleanor dug right in :) 

 cute hubby