The 2009 Mountaineer Balloon Festival was an amazing hit at the Jones' home! We enjoyed this festival so much! Some 28 balloons were flying high over the town of Morgantown!
It was incredible.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Our Home in GA...
These photos are from 2009 Summer. Friends and fun in GA. This is where the blog last left off....
BBQing with the Mason's and Hanson's.
We miss them. Looking back at these photos just reminds us how great of friends they are. Again, I'll say... we miss them.
Back in GA-- fun on the lake(s)
We are so fortunate to have great friends.... some of who have boats!! Yippee. This summer we relaxed a few weekends and enjoyed wakeboarding, water skiing, and tubing. It was so wonderful.
Graduation Celebration
So much fun celebrating graduation with the Mason's, Hanson's, Buss family, and Jones'.
We miss them.
We love family
Simply put: there is no way we could have gotten moved and settled into our new home without the gracious help of our parents. Fortunately, Ron & Karen and Brad & Theresa were able to celebrate graduation at UGA with us and roadtrip to Morgantown to help us unpack and decorate. We did a little exploring of the town when we arrived.
Also the photos of Emily dressed up was on the 1st day of "school" aka work. Brandon has insisted to get a photo of me every 1st day of school for the past 4 years. He's crazy and I think a little jealous to not be going to school....well maybe not- he reminds me very finals week how glad he is to never have to take an exam in his life.
WVU Athletics
Can you tell how excited Brandon is to have his picture taken?! Ha ha. This was a beautiful night at the soccer game. WVU has men's and women's soccer- so WV is heaven for B. Also, we went to the WVU football home opener. We still love our Dawgs, but now have to cheer for the blue and gold Mountaineers on Gameday!
Brandon's Getting Old
On September 6th we celebrated Brandon's 28th birthday. He is really getting old!!! To celebrate this occasion a dear friend of ours, Wesley, came up from Georgia to enjoy a Cubs vs. Pirates baseball game and tour Morgantown with Brandon. It was a great time.
Bike Ride Along the Mon River
We have discovered the biking, hiking, and running trails here in Morgantown to be delightful. One Saturday morning we ventured out for a 10 mile ride along the Mon River. Factoid for you: The Mon River is the only river in the US to flow south to north.
Mountaineer Balloon Festival
Since I was a little girl I have been fascinated with hot air balloons. I think it all started when my dad came back from a business trip with a stuffed hot air balloon that had rainbow colored stripes all away around the balloon. It hung the ceiling in my room until I graduated from high school. Then on some summer nights we might catch a glimpse of a local Charlie Brown hot air balloon on the horizon, floating over the mile-gridded Iowa farm lands.
When we were deciding whether or not Morgantown, WV was the place for us I happened to come across the Mountaineer Balloon Festival website which claimed this annual festival to be hosted in Morgantown... .it was like a sign from God that WV might just be the place for us. So, here it is October, 8-10 signs all around town read "The Balloons are Back!" and the weekend event brings a carnival to town, an evening event called "Night Glow" and daily balloon races.
Below is a couple of photos from the festival thus far. We have had in-climate weather, which has limited the flight time of the balloons, actually there have been ZERO balloons in the air just yet. So tonight and tomorrow we are hoping for clear skies, clam winds and lots of HOT AIR IN MORGANTOWN. Keep those fingers crossed!!! We'll keep the camera at the ready.
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