Renaissance Festival

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We certainly had a wonderful day yesterday! My good friend Kassi invited us to join her at the Renaissance Festival in Holly, MI. It was a media preview day, and entrance was limited to those on a guest list. She had a friend that worked there and we were able to scoot right in. This is one of my favorite events of the year, something to look forward to during the dead of winter. It was incredible to be there with so few people. Usually, the push of the crowd propels you through the grounds, but yesterday it felt like we had the place to ourselves. I can only compare it to what it must be like to go to Disneyland an hour before it opens. We ran into the King and Queen of Spain, jugglers, muscians, lords and ladies of the court, fairies and all sorts of other wonderful people. The kids (Griffin and Kassi's daughter Madison) were able to get painted...they loved it. A Griffin for Griffin and hearts for our little Princess. Griffin made fast friends with the neighborhood Troll. They had a great time playing on the midevil playground and we feasted on a buffett that included HUGE turkey drumsticks. Griffin's absolute favorite thing was listening to the bagpiper...what can I say, it's in his blood!! Thanks for inviting us, Kassi.

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4cheeseheads said…
What a great time you all had. I'm so jealous. We'll definatley be going this year. The body paint looks amazing. Very surpised Griff sat through all of that. See he does have PATIENCE!!! Yeah Griffin.
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