It was a stunningly beautiful weekend for the Marshall Autumn Festival. We spent almost every bit of it outdoors. One of the highlights of the weekend is always the big (and I mean big) parade. Evangeline has learned a few things about parades through the years......
1. It's important to wear all the right accessories.....
2. Find a prime spot to hunker down with the cousins. Have the parents set up the chairs at least an hour early to ensure a good location.
3. Learn how to hold your candy bag and plug your ears at the same time in case a fire truck goes by.
4. The fire dog really isn't scary after all......
.......neither are the clowns.
5. It is always important to look so cute at a parade that it's the people in the parade that want to take your picture.
One of the neatest things they had going on downtown this weekend was tours of the Archer House. The whole place was opened for exploring on Saturday. There was not one place off limits. Even the basement was part of the tour. It was really very cool. I've only been inside 2 other times. One of those times was when Kyle and I stayed there on our wedding night. The building has been closed up for years. It needs so much repair, but I'm thrilled to learn that the new owners are working to restore it back to as much of it's original state as they can.
The picture below was the room Kyle and I stayed in the night we got married. Sadly, it's suffered a lot of water damage. I feel like we were so fortunate to get to stay there that night. We really lucked into it too. It was pretty much due to me being completely unaware. I called the Archer House to see if we could stay there not knowing that it had been closed for years. It just so happened that the owner's niece and nephew were the ones to get my message. I happen to know them pretty well as they went to our church. They called me back and said that the owner didn't take guests any more, but they would love it let us stay there that night, no charge. They even fixed it all up for us with flowers and champagne. It was a precious gift and memory. I believe we were the last two to stay there as guests of the Archer House. Hopefully they will have it up and running again sometime in the future. It's a pretty cool part of Marshall's history.
Zachary, Candice, Cale, Mom and Dad came to visit. I got some baby snuggles and Zachary got to feel all medieval with a turkey leg.
Sunday was a fun family filled day too. We celebrated Peggy, Roy, Granny and Lily's birthday with a cookout in the afternoon. It's such a special time of year, fall. I'm feeling motivated.
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