This year we took our annual trip out to Benton for the OATS Festival. We have been going for several years now and it is always a terrific time! Last year Trafton was only three weeks old, so this year was a little less stressful. :) We met up with Rich, Jim, and the Beishline family.
The classic OATS stage
We arrived around noon and there wasn't much shade. We hung out over here near the treeline until our spot closer to the stage was covered with shade a few hours later.
Blanket time with Ryan and Amelia
Part of our spot - Jim, Rich, Amelia, Daniel and Trafton
We kept thinking that Trafton would want to take a nap during the day, but he didn't. Instead he was incredibly happy just crawling all over the place and checking everyone and everything out. He also relaxed on our laps and danced a bunch by bopping up and down and clapping while sitting. He even crawled all the way up to the front of the stage during The Boxcars set and sat and smiled at the band.
This little girl that we met, Ella, was just so happy to play with Trafton. She kept telling her grandma who she was with that she wanted to keep playing with the baby.
Jim, Lorien, and Lana
Amelia going in for a hug
While I was getting into position for this picture, Trafton grabbed my beer and seemed to know exactly what to do with it. Fortunately it was empty.
The Hillbilly Gypsies, a festival favorite!
Watching the music
Dinner time - back to the parking lot
Rich and Jim's traveling dinner station
After dinner we moved our stuff over to the progressive bluegrass stage. This was a new thing that was added this year and started in the early evening. It was called the Roots and Branches Stage and featured bands that were a little less traditional.
There were three bands that played this stage on Saturday evening. We were most excited about Cabinet. They were playing last with a 9:45 set time.
Trafton enjoyed playing with Amelia.
Here we are just before I am about to try to get Trafton to fall asleep in his stroller before Cabinet starts playing.
Cabinet!
Trafton finally fell asleep after a long day of festival-ing.
The classic OATS stage
We arrived around noon and there wasn't much shade. We hung out over here near the treeline until our spot closer to the stage was covered with shade a few hours later.
Blanket time with Ryan and Amelia
Part of our spot - Jim, Rich, Amelia, Daniel and Trafton
We kept thinking that Trafton would want to take a nap during the day, but he didn't. Instead he was incredibly happy just crawling all over the place and checking everyone and everything out. He also relaxed on our laps and danced a bunch by bopping up and down and clapping while sitting. He even crawled all the way up to the front of the stage during The Boxcars set and sat and smiled at the band.
This little girl that we met, Ella, was just so happy to play with Trafton. She kept telling her grandma who she was with that she wanted to keep playing with the baby.
Jim, Lorien, and Lana
Amelia going in for a hug
While I was getting into position for this picture, Trafton grabbed my beer and seemed to know exactly what to do with it. Fortunately it was empty.
The Hillbilly Gypsies, a festival favorite!
Watching the music
Dinner time - back to the parking lot
Rich and Jim's traveling dinner station
After dinner we moved our stuff over to the progressive bluegrass stage. This was a new thing that was added this year and started in the early evening. It was called the Roots and Branches Stage and featured bands that were a little less traditional.
There were three bands that played this stage on Saturday evening. We were most excited about Cabinet. They were playing last with a 9:45 set time.
Trafton enjoyed playing with Amelia.
Here we are just before I am about to try to get Trafton to fall asleep in his stroller before Cabinet starts playing.
Cabinet!
Trafton finally fell asleep after a long day of festival-ing.
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