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?

So proud!

Today we spent the day at the Ozark Ham & Turkey Festival in California, MO. We had to get up super early but it was worth it. Seth and some friends ran in the 5K.

Note: Those are my shorts. The one downside to Seth's weightloss is the fact that he keeps taking my favorite shorts that I wear around the house to go run in!

I crocheted a row on my urban jungle hat while waiting for Seth to run the course.

He came in at 26'52". He thinks it was slow but I think he did great!

He got first in his age group again! I'm so proud!

Afterwards we went to all the vendor booths and checked out all the crafters. I ended up only buying these 2 knitted Christmas stockings for $1 each! I really love the diamond one!

Apparently Kizzy is already getting into the Christmas spirit! Maybe she won't look at me strangely when I start listening to Christmas music the day after halloween :)