Although neither of us can really claim Swiss heritage, we had to try out Midway's Swiss Days this year. I'd never been but it's about what I expected. A bunch of vendors selling homemade products, way too much leiderhosen, and awful music blaring throughout the festival. Not Swiss music, of course...but country music! Seriously?
I love seeing what everyone is selling. I could have stayed there all day getting suckered into just about every product. People are so creative these days! Luckily Jeremiah was in charge of the cash and we went away with only purchasing a little $1 princess crown for Aubrey and some snow cones.
We ran into Celeste's mother-in-law, Karin, who sells these beautiful nightgowns for little girls. You can find her website here. She is so kind-hearted...she gave Aubrey her own little nightgown! It's a little big on her, perfect for Christmas. Karin also gave us Aubrey's blessing dress. If your scroll down her website, you'll see the blessing dress with eyelets. That's Aubrey's. See...kind-hearted. What an awesome lady Karin is!
Yes, Roman is crying. I tried to get him to stop long enough to take a picture. Obviously no luck.
Josette bought the boys tickets to go on two rides each. By "rides" I mean a series of inflatable slides and bouncy houses.
Dinner at Swiss Days was expensive. Like $8 for a "Swiss" burrito, although there wasn't anything Swiss about it. So we got $1 snow cones and waited to eat until we got home. I begged for Dairy Keen but Jeremiah vetoed it on the account that it would probably be packed on a Saturday night. Party pooper.
Josette got a scone. And yes, I made her share. This is nothing like the scones at the Puyallup Fair! It was large and fried and delicious. More like Indian fry bread but still delicious.
6 comments:
I love the picture with you and your kids! Roman crying, Hayden looking at Aubrey, and Aubrey twisting in some weird way. That's how most of my pictures turn out! And I love Swiss Days - so jealous you got to go (and that scone does look good!). Glad you got to see Karen too. She makes amazing things!
Sounds like fun! I love all those little random festivals in Utah. Aubrey's hair is so long and looks so grown up with her little flower in. I LOVE it!
That would have been fun to run into you! I have to defend Swiss Days!!! I love it! I grew up working in the booths, getting out of school/work and being there for two full days hanging out with my friends and working! I absolutely love it! The food is pretty expensive, but did you know that it's all for the church? It's actually this huge fundraiser. All of the food booths are volunteers from different wards. They give the money to the stake, the missionary fund, and then pretty much where the church wants the profit! It's amazing to be a part of something so service oriented!
I'm pretty partial though! Karen is so amazing! I miss having the Pearson's and her in my ward!
Lucky you getting a nightgown! Olivia has one and loves it, but Madelynn doesn't have one yet. I love the "Swiss" burrito :) We never went to Swiss Days but I would have totally been suckered into buying tons of things! You better go to Dairy Keen before you move here then, since Jeremiah was such a party pooper!
I love Swiss Days! Glad that you could experience it. It is an absolute shame that they were blaring country music! What the what?
Karen is a sucker for a cute face! And, I was disappointed by the scones--no honey butter!! Seriously? See ya soon!
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