Wine & Art Festival with a summer BBQ

One of my favorite summertime activities in Cannon Falls is the Wine & Art festival.  The first year they did this was back in 2009 and I have gone every year since.  Usually Katie comes with me but this year she had a wedding to go too, so she had to miss out.  Luckily my sister, cousin Rachel & Lisa, and our friend Bridget were able to come along.  Every year it has been really hot & humid, this year it was still warm but overall not too bad.  For $20 you are able to sample 10 wines from wineries all over MN.  This year you could also buy a glass of wine for $5 and up to 6 bottles of wine.  They were also selling beer for those who may want to check out the vendors but aren't huge wine drinkers.  Of course us ladies went for the wine tasting :)

There are also numerous vendors from all over MN selling various things.  Our favorite stand was "Hat Trix" Fabulous Hats & Bridal Millinery located in Bloomington, MN. 

From there we headed back to our house to meet up with the kiddos & dads for a BBQ.  We had both pools, the sprinkler, and the water table set up for the kids which was perfect for the warm afternoon.

Enjoying the crazy flower sprinkler (this is like 15 years old)

Hudson would not go near it but he had a great time watching the other kids running through it

As soon as the water shut off though, he would go running over for me to turn it back on

Playing with the water table

Hanging out with Josie in the castle

It was a fun afternoon with good friends.  The kids had fun playing together and did a great job sharing all the toys.  Looking forward to doing it again next year :)