It's All 3's

As in daughter #3 and family.  They arrived here on Saturday from Amsterdam after having first stopped in Denver to see one of her good friends.  It was kind of nice to have them have a couple of days to adjust from jet lag before they got here.

Here we are just an hour our so after getting them from the airport.

Already doing what the de-I clan does best - eating and drinking.

I had scored the very last corn of the season a couple of days earlier.

We took 3.1 out to the garden to check out Berry Lane and pick some of the last peppers and tomatoes.  

Good pictures of Wife blocking out any view of grandchild :(

This is Balloon Fiesta week.  Since the Amsterdamers were still body clock adjusting it was no problem for them to get up at the crack of dawn which is what you have to do to see the mass ascension.  This is a big deal here in Albuquerque.  We get around a million visitors over the week from all over the country and the world.  They have a great park and ride system.  You can get your tickets on line.  You drive to the park and ride and they have a slew of buses waiting so you can pretty much just walk on.  You arrive right at the gate.  And since the leaving is more spread out, it is equally easy to grab a bus back.

Arriving a Balloon Fiesta Park

It was around freezing but those folks from Amsterdam no cold weather and Wife has been through the drill before.

"Grandpa, why the heck are we up so early and out in the cold?"

"Oh thanks Mom, this is a much better view"

"I don't know why you are complaining about the cold, I'm just fine."

"Look Munchkin, it's the paparazzi again!"

Had to get a shot of 3A in front of the Union Jack balloon.

Just a small, small slice of what it's like on the take off grounds of the Fiesta

"You know Grandpa  you were right, this is cool :)"