Summer Fair Time!

Every June our friends, The Barons (our camping friends), get free tickets to the County Fair and let the Clark Crew tag along with them. Each year the kids get to do more and more on their own. Hal was still a bit timid about the rides but Josiah was having the time of his life with his friend Wyatt. On every ride they were laughing and smiling and having a jolly good time! We saw tons of farm animals... As we passed the cows Siah so forwardly told me, "Mama, that is one ugly cow!" There was another cow that we passed that had a giant hump behind it's neck (sorry guys, I don't know my cows very well). When Siah saw it, he asked me what was wrong with the cow and then said, "That's sad that he looks so sick." I told him that I didn't think the cow was sick at all, I think it was supposed to look that way.... to which Siah responded, "poor cow."

Anyways, we had a $20 budget for the day...so I packed lunches for all of us... we got $10 worth of tickets which allowed Siah to ride five rides... I let Hal play a game where she was guaranteed a prize for $2, and she was on a high for the rest of the time carrying around her new blue dog-thing (I'm not sure if it's a dog or some other kind of animal)...

There was a game where the kids could win a real fish and it only cost 50cents. We each got one ball to try and throw into this tiny jar. Siah went first and TOTALLY MADE IT!!!! I was so excited, I was cheering and clapping so loud! I hope that I didn't embarrass Siah, but I was so over the top excited that I wouldn't be surprised if he needs some therapy over the whole thing twenty years from now. Clearly, I was most definitely WAY more excited than Siah was about that fish! :)

Anyways, we ended our day sharing a giant ice cream treat for $5.50... One bite for Siah, one for Hal, a giant bite for me, and a mini bite for Reesie... YUMMY!

I was so stoked to walk away from a full day at the fair for only $18! And my budget man (Joey) was too! :)

Below are some pictures of our day...


I decided to dress them all in bright colors so that I could find them easily if they wanted to get out of the stroller and walk around...




Reesie...




Siah...



Halee...



Checking out those cows...




When we took Josiah two years ago to the fair, he could fit his whole body inside the rim of that tire... not anymore...



My girlies...



The boys waiting in line for a ride...


They were so stoked about the rides...


See!


Hal winning her "dog thing"...



Mama, Anna, Reesie & Laney...



This picture cracks me up... I wonder what Josiah is thinking?


I love Siah & Hal's "picture smile"...

It was so stinkin fun!!!

Blessing Upon Blessing!!!