Renaissance Fair

My boss got a bunch of free tickets to the Renaissance Fair in Phoenix this year. She asked if we wanted to go. We've never been, so why not? The Suttons were supposed to come with us and they got free tickets too, but Alanah was sick. So, we went on without them. The fair is here for 2 months, every weekend, but we didn't have another open weekend.

We were all a little unsure of what this whole thing would be like. Ad first it was a little weird. People all dressed up, wearing fake pointy ears, and just genuinely being different. But, that's fine. We're good with different.

They have a bunch of different shows on stages all over. This was a daredevil show.

David got a turkey leg.

There was a jousting tournament.

The kids got pretzels and chicken on a stick.

David got corn on the cob.

This guy was awesome. He cracks a whip and it's pretty impressive.

Snorkel the pig promoting his show.

Emily was super tired at first. She had a festival the night before and I picked her up at almost midnight. This festival is over 2 hours from our house, so we left at 8. But, she perked up sometime after noon and enjoyed some lemon sorbet.

Noah, me and Ben being silly.

We had giftcards and free cheesecake, so we went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. It was so good. Ben and David enjoyed the Reese's cheesecake and Em and I shared key lime. Noah had a sugar packet.

All in all, it was a fun day. Would we do it again? Most likely no. It was a fun experience, but a 4.5 hour drive is a long way to go. We are glad we went though. It's always good to do something different.