looking forward to

This weekend is pretty packed for us! Tonight we are taking the youth to a youth event and then as soon as we get home tomorrow we are going to this show!

Can't wait! Anything you are looking forward to this weekend?

Olde Tyme Apple Festival & 5K

One thing I love about Fall is the festivals. The Olde Tyme Apple Festival in a town near us was today and had a 5K race and a parade. This morning we woke up suuuuper early (4:30 for me... yuck!) so Seth could run in the 5K.

even Kizzy doesn't function well this early in the morning!

He achieved a PR in this race. 26 minutes 9 seconds.

He also placed 3rd in his age division. Again I'm so proud! I love that he is doing these races. He enjoys them so much!

The parade was a lot of fun! I was really disappointed though that the marching bands started farther down the road. Who skips part of a parade like that!?

But the few random cars pulling out of the Walmart parking lot not realizing they were entering in the middle of the parade line made up for it! It was hilarious seeing their shocked faces when they realized they were stuck awkwardly driving slowly down the road while kids yelled at them to throw candy! :)

Here are a few of my favorites from the parade.
The coolest cop car ever!

These kids were so cute! They were skipping down the road while the guy behind them sang the song from Mary Poppins! By far my favorite part of the entire parade!

After the parade we tried to fight the crazy crowds to find a parking spot closer to all the vendors and booths. It took us forever to find a spot! And we still had to walk a good distance. I scored a few awesome things but I will have to try to take a picture of them tomorrow to show you.

Do you have any interesting festivals where you live?

Weekend in Pictures

This weekend has been sooo nice! The weather has been beautiful & my allergies haven't been acting up. Saturday morning we woke up and headed out to an auction. At first it didn't seem like there was a lot but after looking harder we found some pretty awesome deals!

Seth got a tackle box full of fishing gear & I got a mirror with hooks. You know how auctioneers like to clump junk into groups so when you bid on one thing you get a ton of junk as well? We got one of those, however it turned out better than I thought! I just wanted the mirror with the hooks but he also included a flashlight and a super ugly owl wall hanging. This giant frame was holding a red velvety material with the owl glued to the center. I just laughed when we won it but after looking at it some more I decided to punch out the velvety center and tear off the owl. The owl almost matches another wall owl that I bought a couple weeks ago at a garage sale. Just painted differently and is facing the opposite direction. Awesome! So now I have a pretty frame that can be painted and an owl to match my other owl!

I found this lacy table cloth for 50 cents at a garage sale. I'm not sure if I will keep it there or use the material for something else.

The ugly to awesome owl hanging & the lacy table cloth weren't the best deals of the day though! We got this kitchen island for $13! It looks like it was hardly used. We only had to scrub some dirt off the top. Seth looked the same island up online and found it for sale for $119 at Walmart... awesome deal!!

See my awesome tea towels from Jamie?? :)

I wore my awesome fabric covered button earrings from Vividot that I won over at the our.city.lights blog to church today! I also have 2 other pairs of earrings and 2 rings. She also threw in extra buttons and a keychain! Every piece is sooo pretty! If you haven't already you must check out her shop!

A couple pictures from church.

After church we drove to Columbia for lunch at Olive Garden & to meet up with Jill & Jacob and their cute little daughter at Barnes & Noble. (By the way I don't really ride like that. I just put my feet up for the photo! :) )

I also want to let you know that I am now a contributor to The Nocturnal Nest blog. If you are an owl lover you must check out this blog for your owl fix!

How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun?