1st Week in January , Parkes Elvis Festival Weekend

This is going to be a long post!!!  We started off the week with a visit from "The Brown's"  oh how we have missed this family.   I still wish we were next door to just say hi everyday.  

 Kids so used to each other it just feels natural.    After a quick visit with them, and roping Sam into helping with the Elvis Photography Exhibition set up.  They had to love us and leave us to visit more amazing families from our old Cobar days. 

 Wednesday was the official start to the Parkes Elvis Festival Week.  Opening night of the Photography Exhibition was Wednesday night and Parkes Camera Club members went there to start our volunteering duty.  I'm suppose to be important as the Portfolio Holder but I don't know all the ins and outs of the festival just the Exhibition part!   (photo above is a fellow camera club members - Keith Turk)

 Thursday the kids and I went for a tour around the town to see all the street art and get an ice cream or two! 

The Elvis Express is a train that comes in from Sydney for the festival.   This year they had 400 people on board.   Some of Eric's work people get dressed up and go down to welcome them off the train.  (above photo taken by Northparkes employee)

 This is a similar photo as the one the got Eric in the front page of the local newspaper.  Way to go Elvis Strom!!!!

 I went down too and posed with the train staff.  Fun in Acapulco was the theme.  So a little Mexican for you

 Somehow I skipped Friday.... it was a blur of duties and entertaining friends from Sydney.  This is both of the families getting ready for the float on Saturday morning.    Vivian, Stephen, and Fidelis.  Fidelis is from Canada  and is now teaching at the UNSW in the mining engineering department.  There is about 10 students here at the moment and they were in charge of building the float for the Elvis Parade.  So we got Fidelis and family on the float with his students!!! 

 Kids after the parade.

 Sunday had Eric and I renewing our vows Elvis style.  This photo was on the Elvis Festival Official website.  So not my photo.   The rest below are photos the girls took of us while we were standing on the very hot black stage.  It was about 36 to 37 degrees Celsius that day.   We love visitors so keep this weekend in mind so we can put you up.