Weekend festivities

Our city had an international festival and grand opening of a our new convention center this weekend. We decided to head downtown to enjoy the festivities. There were shows, food from all over the world, booths with jewelry and crafts from different parts of the world. People from all walks of life and nationalities were there. I guess that's why they called it an International festival.

African kids choir/dancers performing.

Ezekiel, TJ, Elijah


Japanese artists at work


Ezekiel in police car

Elijah in police car

TJ in the backseat of the police car - hopefully his first and last time ever being in the backseat of a police car.

Walking with Dinosaurs live - we plan on taking the boys to see this show in October. I signed up for a give away of free tickets. Hopefully I win, these tickets are not cheap.

Ezekiel won a t-shirt at the booth


Sir Walter Raleigh at the new convention center

Towards the end of the day, there was a parade, and the best part of a parade is candy throwing!

kids scrambling to get candy

Ezekiel and Elijah yelling out to the parade participants to throw candy their way

candy! candy!

TJ enjoying his candy

Pink lady and dog

I love the color pink, but this is a bit much - the doggy doesn't look too happy

supposedly the best hotdogs in town, but really, a hotdog is a hotdog, right?

Carolina Hurricanes mascot

TJ enjoying the day


Elvis even showed up

Fonzy and boys walking to the car after a long day

sunset on our drive home