Festivals, Food and Fun :)

Yesterday was the Yadkinville Grape Festival so we all headed out to taste a little chili, BBQ and wine. Granna and Papa decided to join us and we all had a lot of fun. The weather was beautiful and almost every winery in NC was there with wine to sample. Unfortunately, we were too late to place our vote for the chili cook off but we did have some delicious BBQ, kettle corn and even a chocolate covered cheesecake. We tasted lots of NC wines and had fun dancing to some local bands. Ella has had a bit of a GI bug so we were a little nervous taking her but she had a blast. She made lots of friends and had a blast dancing to the music! And, we only had one outfit change - which is saying a lot these past few days.

Granna and Ella groovin' to some 'tunes. Ella is now saying "anananana" Which I think is code for "Granna." I know one person who is pretty pumped about that :)

Hanging out with her Papa.

Apparently, these folks didn't get the memo that this was a family friendly event and not, in fact, Soul Train.

After the festival we stopped at Fox & Hound for dinner and to watch the Carolina game. Obviously, the game didn't end up being much to watch - unless you like to watch the Gamecocks do their best impression of a JV football team. But, the night didn't end up being a total loss. Ella somehow ended up scoring free juice and ice cream and a balloon from our waiter. 10 months old and already the world's biggest flirt. We ended up giving back the balloon though. Turns out, Ella is not a big fan.

On a totally unrelated note, how cute is this? Ella helping put away the dishes. She is seriously in to everything and climbed up there all by herself. Can't turn my back for a second.

Here's hoping this GI bug passes soon! Otherwise our water bill is going to be in the 6 figures just from all the laundry we've been doing lately!