Mayfest 2010

This last weekend Payton, Madelyn and I hopped on the fast ferry and headed to Petersburg for Mayfest- Petersburgs annual Norwegian heritage celebration. There's always lots of activities, great food and of course...Vikings!


Payton with Jodi the Valkyrie

Madelyn sporting a Valkyrie hat (snuggled in the Snuggli baby carrier my mom got when Amber was born 32 years ago *sorry to rat you out in age Amber!*)

Those crazy vikings hitching a ride during the parade.

The viking mother-ship "Valhalla"


I lied about Payton's age (saying he was 3) and entered him into the Dolly Derby. I won $100 when I was 6 fishing in this same derby! Baba did most of the fishing since Payton had the attention span of a gnat.

Finally, our patience paid off and Payton got to reel in a small scrapfish. He was really excited about his "big catch"

Feeling guilty about lying, we decided to release the fish w/out weighing him. Payton was a good sport about this.

Then we headed home. It was POURING out. Lucky Payton got a dry seat in the stroller. (notice his pole taking up half the dock!)

Add in some quality time with Baba and Nana.

And some new toys...

And you have a GREAT weekend! Next time we hope to bring Erik with us. He was stuck in Juneau working.