The Farming McAfee's: Pal Wow

So the little town I grew up in (Palmyra {where I still live AND work, by the way...}) has a really, really nice park (Buffalo Trace) & for the last few years they have had a little festival thingie called 'The Pal Wow'.

(I agree, the name could use a little work...)

They have food booths, little games for kids, a few craft booths, live music & fireworks.

Alicia's family & her parents were going so I said, "Sure! I'll hang out w/ them. The kids are great birth control..."

Now - if you wanna read the 'Oh we went to the Pal Wow & it was great' post, you should mosey on over to Alicia's blog, but if you wanna read all about the blood, sweat, tears, ~~forced sober dancing & pounds of sugar intake~~, please - continue...

I was excited about the band for Saturday night, 'The Juice Box Heroes'. I've never heard them but I've seen a lot of people talk about them on Facebook so they couldn't be too bad. My work is a corporate sponsor of the Pal Wow. You can kinda see our name on the banner (2nd one down). We also provide the utility vehicles they use to shuttle people around the park.

We walked around for a couple of hours & then we settled in to enjoy the band.

Alicia's kids were on a sugar drip the whole time. It was HILARIOUS to watch. Every time I saw one of them they were eating something different. When Daniel got this funnel cake it was like moths to a flame!

I typically don't dance too much if I'm not drinking (you know - the whole 'no inhibitions' thing) but Alicia ~~drug me kicking & screaming~~ wanted me to dance w/ her.

Now - you may be thinking, 'Jaime Mac, WHY does the band look so close in this pic? In the picture above you looked farther away...?'

Oh no, people - we had to dance FRONT & CENTER of the stage. No kind of to the side, no back where we were sitting. RIGHT.DOWN.FRONT.

Nora is slow to warm up to me, but when she does she's all in!

We had a great time dancing!

I was very impressed when she showed me her fish face skills. Of course I had to show her mine & we gave each other fish kisses all night.

Sugar exhibit B.

I mean - this is hilarious, people. Poor Alicia just laughs...

Nora & her gummy worms...

In the spirit of full disclosure the kid would NOT come dance w/ us if there was food being eaten at the table.

Traitor...

B-rad started harvest last week & in true 'farming doesn't care if I'm listening to a band & dancing' I got a call from him around 8:15pm. B-rad & I don't typically call each other through the day back & forth to chit chat (& we SURE don't do it during planting & harvest) so when I see his name come up on my screen it strikes fear deep into my soul because I know something's going on.... So I was trying to hear him on the phone while the band is blaring at me in the background. Moral of the story was he wanted to know if anyone I work with could let him into the store that night or the next morning to make a hydraulic hose. I jumped into action & starting texting the owner that lives right across the street. I always try him first A) because it's convenient for him because he lives, uhm, - right across the street. B) I help him (& his kids) a lot after hours & at work w/ different things so I feel like we're trading favors.

He said he would do it that night, but that he had to drop his girls off at the park (which is where I was...) You can read our exchange below...my responses are in blue... (He refers to me as Apple girl because 90% of the extra favors I do for him {& his kids} relate to their iPhones and/or iPads}).

As I stood there & thought about what I had said {to the owner of my company}...I decided it didn't sound very appropriate so I had to send an amendment text.

Alicia was watching this whole texting exchange & she got quite the kick out of it!

Jake was high from the sugar & he came ~~front & center~~ down to dance w/ us later in the evening. I'm not sure if you can call 'hopping around & throwing yourself down on the ground, rolling around & then jumping up to start all over again' dancing...but hey, no judgement here - he was having fun & I was having fun watching him.

This kid is a mess! Did you notice Alicia has him in a death grip & I have my hand strongly on his arm? It's the only way you can keep him still for 10 seconds for a picture!

After I got home I checked my Fitbit to see how I had done for the day... For as much as I complained about Alicia making me dance ~~front & center while sober~~ my Fitbit was super happy w/ me....