Some local beachside churches in our area got together to host a Spring Family Fest on Saturday evening. We didn’t have any plans so we decided to head over there when J got back from kiteboarding napping at the beach… Big Red tagged along since he had his boys this weekend. We put up with him because of the boys…
The event took place in the parking lot of a semi-abandoned strip mall where one of the host churches resides. It was not the most picturesque location what with all the heavy equipment, piles of dirt and boulders strewn about but it was fun. And I certainly can’t complain because it was free as well!
The boys immediately made a beeline for the pony rides. The same lady from the Spring Festival last weekend was doing the pony rides for this event! She must be on the church festival circuit 🙂 The older boys rode the horse first. Big Red completely missed this because he had to run to the bank for dinner money…
The little dudes entertained themselves with the tortoise while they waited for their turn.
They thought the horse ride was pretty fun too:
All four of the boys were thoroughly amused by the pig in the “petting zoo”. I put that in quotations because it was basically a pig and a goat tied to a Jeep. There was a table set up with a caged rabbit and a caged iguana in addition to the tortoise in the tub.
There were the usual fair activities like the bounce house, a bean bag toss game and the sno-cone station.
Then there were some more unique things like the foosball table (could not tear the boys away) and the surf video.
After we’d filled our bellies with yummy food from the booths of two local restaurants and finished watching the surf video, we headed over to Starbucks for a special treat. The boys either had hot chocolate or chocolate milk and the dads had dark chocolate cherry Frappucinos. I was too full from dinner so I just took pictures 🙂
We had a great evening and ended up seeing lots of people we knew at the festival. It was nice to catch up with old friends and spend quality time with our children.
Adventures of Four 