{Scottish Highland Festival}

During the first weekend in September we headed across the bay to attend the 150th Scottish Highland Festival.

It was super fun! Sean and I both have Scottish heritage so it was fun to spend all day Saturday seeing all the things. I have never seen so many kilt in my life - it was awesome. 

Scottish rock bands - yes.

Wearing some period chain-mail.

Miriam was kinda freaked out about this knight.

Evette and I fighting in battle

The fam and I waiting for the fights to start. Teams of 5 going at it in 80 lbs of armor with real swords and axes and stuff. It was super intense! The girls were a little nervous, especially since we had front row seats, but Sean and I were fascinated!

Did a little archery, Evette did great!

Miriam was scared of the cows. She was kind of scared of everything lol.

There were a couple very interesting outfits that we saw that day....

For lunch we grabbed some meat pies and potatoes - the super long wait was worth it!!

There was a whole section dedicated to the different Scottish clans and we found mine real easy!! Touch not the cat but a glove!

We also watched some of the heavy athletics such as throwing the caber (tree trunks), putting for the stone, etc. It was so fun! The girls were not as into watching these as Sean and I were, unfortunately, but the bits that we were able to watch were incredible! 

There were also a couple different stages and places with different dance performances and competitions going on, which Evette was really into.

It was a hot and sweaty day, but we had a good time.