Matthews Alive! (click pictures to make bigger)

Every Labor Day weekend we go to a festival called "Matthews Alive". It is held in downtown Matthews. At the festival there is a little bit of everything, rides, food and crafts. Friday night we took Zachary so he could ride the rides. Angie, Keith's fiance, met us there with her boys Austin and Owen. Last year Zachary's favorite ride was the Merry-Go-Round, but this year it was riding the cars.

Saturday morning Zachary and I met Nanny,Poppy and Uncle Rudy for the "Matthews Alive Parade". Zachary didn't like all the loud noises, he kept saying, "I go home and nap!" After about fifteen minutes we decided to leave and head towards the crafts.

Before leaving for the day we knew there were only two things left that we had to let Zachary do. First, we had to let him ride the ponies and then ride "The Little Blue Choo" train. The pony that Zachary picked to ride looked the most like him. He called his pony "Lucy". After the pony ride, Zachary and Poppy (whistle in hand) rode the train. Zachary had such a fun day! He was so exhausted when it was all over!