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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Annual Adventureland trip!

We always take a one day break from the fair to do Adventureland!
The kids look forward to it all year!
 
 
 
 
Grandma Sue came along and did the teacups with the girls.

 
They are barely tall enough to see over the top!

 
Everybody loves a good ladybug ride!



 
So glad I didn't have to climb in there with them this year!


 
Happy purple boat riders!



 
Everyone was tall enough for the Frog Hopper this year!



 
Happy screams!




 
We all love the carousel!


 
Except for Dustin.
He does this one from the side.

 
Bumper cars are always a hit!

 
He's going to be sad when he's too big to get in the Semi's!

 
Peighton had to take a backseat...her legs are a bit too long to sit up front!


It was a great day at Adventure land!

Monday, August 24, 2015

Fun, Fun, FUN at the State Fair

 
Another great State Fair is in the books!
We spent 12 great days at the Iowa State Fair and had so much fun each day.
 
 
One of our favorite things to do at the fair is the Blue Ribbon Kids activities.
The first day we stopped we ran into some royalty!
 
Dustin's cousin, Jaci, was the Jasper County Queen and happened to be working the Blue Ribbon tent that morning!
It was fun to see her and get a quick picture!



 
Then we got to decorate our 2015 T-shirt.

 
That night, we cheered on our favorite Washington County Super Bull, Hef.
He had the biggest and most enthusiastic cheering section!
 
 
It is pretty cool to see them walk off the trailer and get weighed.

 
Even though he didn't win it was fun to watch!

 
These four ate their share of fair food each day.
This was a quick hot donut snack-they polished off 2 bags!

 
It's always fun to run into friends and have a quick corndog picnic!
 
 
 
That night we had to watch our favorite queens at the Queen Pageant.
We were excited to find Queen Zoe and take a quick picture!

 
We found Jaci again too!

 
So, they both had "Future State Fair Queen" shirts on but this maybe wasn't their best moment.

 
They might all be future Cyclones too!
Anyone that wanted a sucker out of my bag had to sit on the bench and take a nice picture!!!!!

 
Dustin even matched for ISU day!
 

 
We tried to get a nice picture on the Leinenkugel's Lounger...but it didn't work out so well...
 


 
 

 
Who doesn't want a family picture on the Leiny Lounger!?!?!
 
 













Sunday, August 2, 2015

Fun at the Fair-the only FUN of it's kind!

Washington County Fair 2015 was another super fun week!
The weather could not have been any better.
We took advantage of the great weather and spent most of the week there!
 
 
 
 
We made a stop at the Depot and took time for a quick picture.

 
They all love to sit on any type of equipment.
All agree that one of these would be great at the farm!

 
We entered the tall corn contest.

 
Hayden was the big winner!

 
I LOVE when they walk in a line!
Makes a cute picture!
 
 
 

 
This year there was a large animal contest!
We were lucky enough to get to see the largest rabbit up close and personal!
We chased him around for quite awhile.

 
We also met "Hef" the big bull!
We can't wait to cheer him on at the state fair!


 
We took the camper in this year and had a great time camping at the fair.

 
This kid would live in the camper if we let him!

 
Lego Land was a new addition this year and a BIG hit with my crew!


 
Annual picture in front of the sign!
Pretty soon we'll be adding animals to our yearly picture.

 
More equipment.
They liked that there was a front and a back on this one.



 
Another favorite place is the corn pit.

 
Peighton had two awesome clover kid projects on display this year!


 
Oreo Stacking!

 
He made a great stack but it ended up falling down!



 
Peighton is a professional oreo stacker.

 
Pony rides on Kid's Day are a must do.
Although I wonder how much longer she'll be able  to ride the small ponies with those long legs of hers!

 
Loved it.

 
Grandpa Steve thought we should do the money scramble.

 
The little kid group was pretty tame.

 
Peighton's age group was pretty aggressive!

 
Pedal pulling is better when you stick your tongue out.

 
Peighton had to ride the big tractor this year.
And I think there was more weight on it too!

 
We waited all week to ride the train with Ryker!
Everyone enjoyed the ride!

 
I tried to get them to all hold hands but it didn't work out!







 
Almost all of Grandma and Grandpa's little ones!
They all had fun at the fair!

 
Everyone wanted to ride!
 
We had a great week at the fair!
Next up the STATE FAIR!!!!