Renaissance & Going-Away

Today we met with  my family in Waynesville, for a day trip to the Renaissance Festival!

Photo blast in 3... 2... GO! 

renaissance festival! | waynesville, oh

the "royal court" [sans the queen, who was "shopping"]

to the stocks with us!

TV talents here at the RT! Kamikaze Fireflies: 

[borrowed image from mostmetro.com]

someone found her seat for the show! 

+ boyfriend. + sister
♥♥

THE MUDSHOW! 

Afterwards, with the fam!

♥♥ [part of] my family! ♥♥

Venturing off in search of lunch: 

it's a great day for a festival! 

boom. found it! giant turkey legs it is! 

....... she's gonna kill me.... ;)
love youuuuu, mom

Next stop: The joust, a horseback ride for Sydni and a VERY special character appearance!

** joust video **

in syd's defense, that was actually a very tall horse.
great job, minime!

could it be?! yep! it's merida!! 

Back on solid ground: 

queeeen for the day! 

the king & queen of our family ♥

took a moment to share the love with my pops

SKY SWINGS!
They've been peddlin' these things at the RT since I was a kid.. and I still don't have one.. haha.

gosh.. these two ♥♥♥ and then some more ♥♥♥.

How to tell if the day was a success? 

[before we even got out of the grounds parking] 

I'm so glad we were able to attend the RT for the first time with Syd and Rob! It looks like there will be many more memories each year at these; with any luck, my mom & sister will have coerced me into dressing up next year, so there's that... I guess stay tuned ;)

The day didn't end with the RT; I was in the shower and transformed into dinner date material as soon as our boots hit the homestead. Brittany's final going-away dinner was at Via Vite; I rendezvoused with the gang.

miss you, kp!

Dinner was great, and I got a few hours of hangtime in with Kalyn, who for obvious reason I rarely see anymore :(. SO glad to catch up with everyone, and congrats Brittany!! Have a BLAST in South Carolina!

Okay so that was the end of the night. I had tentatively planned to make an appearance wherever Jessica and Cassie landed after the wedding they'd attended, but by the time dinner was out, I voted to throw in the towel and get back to my little family.

Phew.
Goooodnight!

xo | cmd