Addy had a birthday! This little girl turned 7, and enjoyed the most store-bought birthday our family has ever seen. She got the ultra-frosted cupcakes they sell at the supermarket taken to her school class, a bakery birthday cake, dinner at O'Charley's, and a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Oh well--on the plus side, she is at the perfect age to think that's fantastic. I still need to write up a birthday post for her though . . . .
Next up, we attended the Johnny Appleseed Festival, which was hands-down the best festival for families I have ever been to. We watched fresh apple cider being pressed in cedar presses and kettle corn being popped in enormous black cauldrons over a fire. Everything at the festival was made the old-fashioned way, from root beer to soup to sweet potato pie. Everyone was dressed up in civil war dress, and there were clogging and bagpipe shows all day long. We learned about surgery in the civil war (ouch!) and the toys kids played with . . . I could go on and on forever, but I'll leave a few of the scanty array of pictures we took instead. I'm hoping it maybe made up a little for Addy's store-bought birthday.
We went to the best baseball game ever at the little stadium that's only a couple of miles from our house. They had $1 hot dogs and popcorn (hot dogs are such a must at baseball games in my opinion, but it's really not fair to pay $5 each when you're taking a family of 6!), family-friendly little shows between innings, a funny little mascot guy who went around waving to kids (Sera is nuts about those guys), and our family made it onto the Jumbo Tron no less than four times (we have some pretty awesome dance moves, not gonna lie)! It was a fantastic afternoon--we're just sad that we didn't make it earlier, because it was the last game of the season!
And finally, we got a visit from my sister Tenille and her family, who were in the middle of a last-minute move from New York to Utah. I'm still feeling a little robbed that we won't be able to spend Thanksgiving with them, but glad they could drive through here on their way out west. We enjoyed a tasty dinner at O'Charley's (my new favorite family restaurant--the food is much better than Denny's, there are amazing hot rolls, and kids eat free!) showed them our new house (outside only, we hadn't moved in yet), and I got to chat with Tenille and her boys a bit at her hotel pool. Good times for us, crazy times for them!!
2 comments:
Don't you just love when family happens to be driving through. I love last minute get togethers.
Sometimes those store-bought birthdays are some of the best memories. It sure looks like she was enjoying it from the photos. :)
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