Here's our daughter-in-law's mom, Jeannie, holding the balloon open while the fan inflates it. She and her husband, Wayne, have been coming every year from Minnesota to crew for the same balloonist. They love it.

Balloons are lined up and waiting for sundown.

Jeannie hangs on as the flame fills the balloon with hot air.

The balloons are a little crowded...

The giant cow...we're told when it lands, its legs get going in circles and it looks like it's running.

The Wells Fargo stagecoach is aglow.

The bees are lighting up.

They all do a count-down and then pull the cord...

All the balloons light at the same time.