May 4, 2018
Family Fun Fest 2018!
We spent all day on April 28, 2018, a beautiful Saturday in Saint Augustine, at the Family Fun Fest. This annual event at Francis Field supports the community work of Alpha Omega Maternity Home and their related outreaches.
Alpha Omega has been a vital community resource in Saint Augustine for a long time. They are a wonderful organization to support – and we love the all-day fun!
I set up a vendor booth to sell my printed books, DVD books, audio CDs, some of the girls’ assorted crafts, and my mom and dad’s beautiful prints. We had a spot for children to make free bookmarks with fun yarn tassels. (This was on the bright teal table & was Kimberly and Jaquline’s idea. Lots of kids stopped to color!)
Christina and Rebeccah volunteered all day! Didn’t they look sharp in their aprons?
Kimberly, Jaquline, Jillian, and Anastasia were ambassadors for the face painting booth. The artist did such an amazing job transforming their faces into bright works of art!
Lucas wanted to be a tiger, but after watching his sisters and cousin sit still, he decided running was the life for him and no face paint was needed. Notice the big blow-up fun things behind the sister-cousins? Once those went up, Lucas didn’t want to sit still!
Kimberly’s face paint scared some little ones. (It almost scared me when she closed her eyes and had snake eyes on her eyelids!)
Lucas almost never stopped dancing. But then, the DJ was great so there was fun non-stop music.
We bought wristbands for the kiddies and they became “pros” at the various obstacles by the end of the day. (The lady at the Boy Scout’s obstacle said Anastasia and Jillian kept challenging each other to “new heights” like “tightroping with eyes closed” or “doing ballet across the bar.”)
This event started at 10am and ended at 8pm. We were there setting up at 7:30am and left the field just before 9pm. (I did have to wait on my volunteers to finish assisting with some break-downs and you know; we like to chat!)
Local performers from dance schools to martial arts schools to youth groups and bands filled up the stage. (Christina’s vantage point for this was perfect: she saw every act and relayed amazing reviews to our booth later.) There were plenty of games for little ones. Rebeccah got to play with them for hours!
Jillian and Anastasia were so excited to meet Princess Cinderella! Lucas was beside himself – he came back repeating, “Mommy, Cinderella is here!”
The team obstacle course was fun to watch! We clapped and encouraged each one – Kimberly’s commentary should have been shared over a loudspeaker for everyone else to laugh at! (She has some Aunt Katy & Aunt Becca MC skills in there.)
Lucas finally took a 30 minute nap under my table (the “campout zone”) about 5pm. He came to get a banana, but didn’t quite finish it!
None of the little girls wanted a break – but they all fell asleep in the van on the way home!
Although it wasn’t a great “sale” day (we sold one book, one bracelet, and one set of clips), it was an amazing “fun” day and we’ll definitely be there again next year!
Come join us! Follow Alpha Omega for updates and opportunities to volunteer at this event or at the campus. Together, we can help our community grow stronger! And, yes, have some amazing fun along the way!
Oh yes, just this last picture of Anastasia snuggling with Grandma. (No, she wans’t asleep, she was pretending so she could snuggle!)
Thanks for reading!
Type at you next time…
~Nancy Tart
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