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| A Day at the Faire Texas Renaissance Festival, 2002 |
| This was an exiting year for us - Jessie was able to go to the Faire! Nana got to go along, too - and of course I convinced her to go in garb. A cold front blew in early in the afternoon, so Rob, Jess, Logan and Nana left early. Taylor and I stayed to see the fireworks, which ended up being cancelled due to high winds. But we didn't mind - that just meant we had more time to party at the front gate. Rob and I went back the next weekend, and the weather was much nicer. |
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| The gang's all here! Notice I'm not wearing a bodice... |
| ...a situation which we remedied with a quick trip to Exalibur Leather. |
| Taylor tries out a hunting horn... |
| A well-dressed couple takes a rest |
| The King's magician shows Taylor a few tricks. |
| There are always some otherworldly characters around, like this dragon and these "living statues". |
| Masks make even royalty look mysterious. |
| And, of course, the fairies. |
| ...while Logan munches on a cinnamon pretzel. |
| We love watching the glass spinner at work. |
| The Queen throws Taylor a flower during the parade. |
| Nobility on Parade. |
| Some of the royalty are larger than life. |
| The parade is the best place to get a close look at all kinds of garb. |
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| The jousters and their squires head for the lists. |
| Taylor managed to talk Rob into buying her one of these swords. |
| And the nice people at Crystal Stix gave me a replacement stick for the one I lost when we moved. |
| We all tried our hand at twirling these things...but I soon found out I wasn't exactly a natural. |
| Then it was off to Sherwood Forest, where the girls took a spin on the dizzy dragon... |
| ...and Jessie got to meet Gregory, who has gotten a hair cut. |
| Even Logan got to Pluck a Duck. |
| Nana and Logan share a toy while the rest of us get lost in the maze. |
| Taylor and Jessie strike a pose in the Water Garden. |
| Jessie gets to pose with a northern princess. |
| And we have to get our faces painted by the Tree Lady! |
| Jessie tries on a flower garland. |
| Logan thinks the Faire is number one. |
| Taylor takes a spin on the carousel. |
| We get comfortable in the skychairs shop. |
| The Enchanted Gardens offer another place to sit a spell. |
| The next weekend, we managed to catch a few shows that we couldn't watch when the girls were with us, like Sound and Fury. |
| These guys are really funny, but their shows are definitely PG13. Who knew Shakespeare could be so naughty? |
| He also loved all the music. This pirate group made him want to dance. |
| For Logan, the best part of the show was trying to climb up on the benches. |
| These guys look scary, but Logan just thought they were cool. |
| Logan gets excited waiting for Gregory to wake up. |
| Although he's not too sure about that kissing dragons stuff. |
| Even though my form is lousy, I manage to hit the target...huzzah! |
| This dragon looks pretty fierce, too! |
| We take a spin on the carousel. |
| Logan checks out a windchime at the Music of the Spheres |
| Stopping for a picture on the way to the front gate. |