Alisa and I have been dying to go to an Oktoberfest celebration for the past few years. Somehow our schedules always fill up and we never make it. Not this year! It was on the calendar!! We decided on Flagstaff, hoping for cooler weather and some "fall" feelings! Well, it was at least cooler than Phoenix, but it was still warm for Flag!
We drove up early and all convened at Kenny's house. The festival was an all-day event but we wanted to get in early & enjoy the earlier part of it. What do you do first when you walk into an Oktoberfest Festival? Get BEER. Of course!!! Brent & fam got some Bratwurst & snacks while Ken, Kelsea and I went straight for the Okctoberfest and the Pumpkin Porters (which were very good!) We found some floor seats on the side of the stage area where the kids could play around a little and we could hang out and drink beer. The band playing was pretty good, and they did little contests every so often. Costume contests, chicken dance, yodeling, etc....there was also brat eating contest, stuff as many people as possible into a VW bug, and a few others that escape my memory. Basically all of the silly things you can imagine happening at a festival that originated in Germany (the land of our people)!
At some point we moved over to the other side of the festival to sit in the shade. Ken & Kelsea ran into a few people they knew and they ended up hanging out as well. The kids enjoyed throwing popcorn in each others mouth and venturing off by themselves to get more snacks and drinks. They felt pretty grown up going off on their own. Someday they will be old enough to go get us refills too! ;)
We stayed for most of the day, until we got hungry for dinner again. So we decided to leave and hit the store and go back to Ken's house to cook some dinner! Great day outside at the festival!!
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| Waiting in line to go in the bounce house, just to find out you need to go buy tickets first. Ugh! |
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| Smile Avery |
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| No, smile pretty Avery |
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| Alisa passed out from drinking too much. Haha, just kidding... |
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| She thought it was pretty funny to be "drinking" out of a "beer" cup since it said Bud Light on it |
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| One of the costume contest winners |
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| Avery eating her brat |
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| What it is all about |
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| Andrew with Dad hoping he is getting one too |
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| Chicken Dance contest.... |
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| Alisa was more excited about it than Nana! |
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