Hogeye Festival

yes, you read that title correctly. We went to the town "Hogeye Festival" It is a huge event here in Elgin. They even provide shuttles to downtown! They have live music, arts and crafts, carnival rides, parades, and of course FOOD!
we took advantage and rode the shuttle, why fight the traffic? This was Hollister's first bus ride. He thought it was very cool. When we got there we were lucky enough to see the giant pig. Hollister really liked it. We just started walking and enjoying the day. Hollister was sacked out pretty quickly. Not before we saw the "pigs" though. Hence the photo above. We didn't do anything super special, but we really enjoyed it. We don't do or allow our children to do carnival rides, much to CJ's dismay. But its just way too unsafe for me. We enjoyed the car show, some really cool cars were lined along the street. Trevor enjoyed the fried foods. he just kept eating and eating and eating. it was crazy! Hollister kept sleeping and sleeping and sleeping. Elizabeth "window" shopped without windows. I really could have bought lots but I kept thinking, can I live without that? and of course, I could. CJ enjoyed himself too. He kept running into people from school. That was a relief for me, he actually does know people and they know him, by name! Whew!
Hollister finally woke up and ate french fries. We did buy him a baseball pillow. yes, he could live without it, but his room couldn't. (hee hee) he is getting a baseball themed room at some point and this will be perfect. I have done a lot of looking of baseball material and this was the best, and it was cheap, couldn't pass it up. Hollister has carried it all around the house with him.
So, we headed back to the shuttle and then headed home. I think Trevor and Elizabeth are the only ones who napped afterward. Just cat naps of course, we had football to watch. We all really enjoyed it and thought, "Good thing our town loves pigs so much to have a whole festival for them!" for those of you who don't know, Elgin is the sausage capital of Texas. Oh, I forgot to tell you, we saw them roasting a whole pig!! It was weird. we were so close we could see his hair!!! No, we didn't eat any sausage while were there. Can't do that to the pigs. :)
Here's a few photos. enjoy!













At the shuttle before heading home.
Hollister really want a picture by this pig. They had a barrier, but he didn't care. What a rebel!