Saturday Evening we took our daughter and went up to the St. Therese Church Festival in the West End.  As usual the festival never disappoints with it’s ethnic foods and enjoyable games of chance.  We walked around the circle a few times, running into people I havent seen for years and some I see every day.  We stopped for a bit and got some pizza and funnel cake and even tried a few of the 2 dollar drafts on tap.  This year they actually had a selection!  In years past they always had only Old Milwaukee and Old Milwaukee Light.  This year they had Yuengling, Miller Lite and Coors Light! Another change for this year was that a few of the rides were different, or in different places.  For the most part though it was still good ole St. Therese.  The same festival I could remember since I was old enough to walk.  So we proceeded to check things out, playing some games and stuff.  We passed by the Chuck-a-Luck booth and I managed to win about 10 dollars with the help of my daughter picking out numbers for me to bet on.  Next thing I knew It was time to head home.

Sunday we went back up late in the evening to enjoy the festivities a bit more and check out the fireworks show which is always a crowd-pleaser. As soon as we walked in, we saw my brother, and our friends Jay, Wyatt, Steve, and Ron standing by the beer pavilion so we stopped and talked for a second.  We walked around, transitioning between pushing our kid in the stroller and holding her while weaving through a crowd twice the size of the night before.  I couldnt believe how many people were there!  We got some pizza again and sat down, talking with our friend John and his wife Gwen for a bit.  My sister-in-law brought my niece Sadie over and she was talking with our baby for a few minutes.  Next we got back up and walked around a bit more, then before we knew it, the Fireworks show had started.  It seemed a bit loud for the baby, so we started to walk down towards our car (about 7 blocks away).  We stopped on Brush Ave and watched the Fireworks show and the baby loved it!  There were people in their yards on lawn chairs andthey had small fires going and they were watching the fireworks as well.  Finally, as it does every year, the Grand Finale came at the end of the fireworks show and we walked down to our cars at my parents house and headed home.

The weekend was great and I’m glad my daughter got to check out her first St. Therese’s festival because as far back as I can remember growing up in the West End, I went pretty much every year.

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