Our friend Chuck just shared a couple more photos of our band, the Magnolia Serenaders, playing in the traditional band contest at the appalachian stringband music festival earlier this month.
Chuck holding up our 5th place ribbon like he's caught some fish.
We are currently in Ocracoke, North Carolina with Paul's family. Here are a couple photos so far from our trip. more to come later.
Here are the first two photos with our new camera. Our old camera is off to Nikon - hopefully to be fixed.
This past weekend we flew to the San Francisco to celebrate the wedding of Paul's cousin Cary and her husband John. They were married on Saturday in Bernal Heights Park, on a beautiful hill overlooking the city. The photo above is of the ceremony.
The day before we took a brief walk around the park. Here are Izze, Paul, and Lena checking out some rocks.
Friday night Lena went to her first baseball game. We saw the Giants play the Dodgers (I think). The game was a lot of fun, one of the teams won, and the view was spectacular. Lena loved the first few innings and then slept heartily.
A photo of us at the wedding.
The procession with flower girl Izze front and center.
From left to right, Paul's uncle Sol, grandmother Helen, cousin cary, cousin-in-law(?) John, and aunt Jennifer after the wedding.
A photo of us with Cary at the wedding reception which was held in a beautiful hall.
Cary and John cutting the cake.
Sunday morning we had to fly out too early to go to brunch at Jennifer's but here is a photo of Paul's 'rents and MomHelen Sunday morning. All the photos are courtesy of Jennifer and Vanessa because our camera is in need of help.
Our camera is on the fritz and so this post and the next consists of photos that friends & family have shared with us. Here are a couple photos taken during our week in Clifftop, West Virginia at the Appalachian Stringband Music Festival. The photo above was taken on the porch of the Chestnut lodge during a morning thunderstorm.
Paul playing with his friends Chuck (from Madison, WI) and Jim (Huntsville, AL).
Jim, Chuck, and Paul (The Magnolia Serenaders) playing the fiddle tune 'Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase' in the traditional band contest.
We spent this past week visiting friends at the Appalachian Stringband Music Festival in Clifftop, West Virginia and en route in Kentucky and Ohio. The photo above was taken at Holliday Park in Indianapolis during our drive down to Louisville. The park is fantastic with a nature center and great playground and made for a good break from driving.
One of the wonderful things about the music festival is its fantastic location. It is situated in Babcock State Park with a wonderful trail that runs down from the ridge top to the creek. Here Lena and Morgan take a break on the cool rocks down by the water (while Lena ogles swimming dogs!).
Paul and Lena walking through a cave of rhodadendron on the trail back up to the campground.
