Melodie at Festa

We spent the last two days at Festa Italiana. It's a big Italian festival in Milwaukee that hosts a variety of musical talent, as well as food, arts, crafts and fireworks. Ryan's brother actually plans his vacation time from work around Festa, and this year, he got to MC one of his favorite singers. This year's theme was "Pinocchio", which celebrated the 125th anniversary of the supposedly Italian story (who knew Walt Disney was Italian...). They made a sand sculpture of the story, which was pretty impressive. The second pic is of Renee, Melodie and Grandpa Ranallo, who I'm convinced knows EVERYONE in Milwaukee. The last picture is Melodie on the carousel...I won't post the video though, as she had a nasty tumble off her horse, which left her with a couple of cuts and bruises on her face. She's fine, and got some free chocolate ice cream out of it, but it was a scary couple of minutes. So much for the free carnival rides at festa!