The World Cup

 - are you watching -

I had to watch the first USA game recorded as it was not available for me to watch live where I was.

It was an exciting game, even though I knew that they had won 3 - 0 against Paraguay.

Last Friday as I typed this entry I was watching their second game.

They won 2 - 0 against Australia and are guaranteed a spot in the second round

They tied Turkiye 1 - 1 and with that win, they won their Group D.

They play again on July 1st.
Both of my boys played soccer, youngest son Mike played at a pretty high level,

and really enjoys watching the games to this day.

We celebrated with a trip to Rita's, our first of the season.

Juicy Pear is my favorite but they did not have it and the hubs and I both got Watermelon,

which is also very good.

I just get a kids cup of Ice, the hubs gets a Gelati.

A mix of creamy, rich frozen custard, and refreshing, fruit-flavored ice.

Delicious!

Up, Up and Away...

We visited a "new to us" Balloon Festival at the Burlington County Fairgrounds.

This colorful event, 

features tethered balloon rides, live music, and food trucks.

The event ends with a balloon glow and a laser light show.

Different than any other Balloon Festival we have attended, it was a lot of fun.

On their website it said that this show often sells out,

It was an hour from home, 

we did not want to chance it selling out, so we arrived when the gates opened.

We got a great spot, under a tree...and spread out our picnic table cloth.

We have attended different balloon festivals in the past, this was not our first rodeo.

We came armed with snacks, games to play, reading material, and some knitting to work on.

There were a lot of food trucks...and when I say "a lot", there were "a lot".

Fun for the kiddo's

The hubs went and got this chicken kabob stick, with white rice and vegetable spring rolls...

this was so good.

We also enjoyed these Mini-Pancakes with maple syrup, chocolate sauce, banannas

and some type of crumble topping...they were really good.

The sky got dark, we had a few sprinkles...and then a small piece of a rainbow appeared.

The evening sunset was so pretty as the anticipation of the lighting of the balloons drew near.

The balloons were tethered.

In addition, there was a laser light show and music as the bloons were lit.

I have never seen the balloons at night before and it was an astounding sight.