A Deep Fried A-fair!

 

Love these people!

 

 

Double LOVE these new work rides!

 

Emilee has become a complete destructo baby! Seriously, she is crazy. She will climb on top of the couch and then just step right off. We have had so many falls and bumps this week! Daily, I find my self thinking that today will be the day that she remembers that what goes up must come down. No such luck! I am going to commission the Drewskie to take a couple of pool noodles and pad the death trap that is the concrete fireplace mantle. I think it will add to the whole Packard House experience!

 

 

Little sister was totally cracking me up! She has this thing for sitting in the salad spinner and wearing the inner part on her head. Crazy kid!

 

 

Sadly, I was informed yesterday that Jaxson is now to old to be dancing! (What? note below how he rocked out to YOGAMAN) I guess the thought of jamming out to Sesame Street with me and little sister was the straw that broke his back. He is growing up to be quite the young man. He walks to the bus stop himself..... I never thought I would let me kids do that... :D. This week a girl from his bus stop was getting picked on so Jaxson decided he would be her protector at recess. When the kids make fun of her he tells them to stop. (I love that!) His favorite part of school is doing his writing journal although recess seems to always be the topic of conversation. He tells me they have three recesses and can I believe that when he is in 15th grade he will not get to have recess anymore?

 

 

 

Currently, I am enjoying (haha) the full experience of baby growing. That includes some pretty wicked pukieness that seems to start at 7pm and last until about noon the next day. I feel to bad for Andrew who has to listen to me whine about having to spill my guts all night. A few nights back I saw a fellow prego friend eating a bean burrito and I thought to myself...."I must have a bean burrito.....it sounds so good." I do not know what I was smoking but I will NOT be eating Taco Bell anytime in the near future. That was some expensive puke!

 

 

 

 

A few weeks back we went to the Central Washington State Fair....GOOD TIMES. As long as I can remember I have been an avid fair attender. This is an event that I remember looking forward to as a child. We would always get to go more than once, SWEET! My Dad, who shares the same love, would sit on a bench and just watch the people! If I am to be perfectly honest, I loved the fair for two reasons....the food and the cookware demonstrations. I super do not like the carnival rides...but that is a whole new ball of wax.   

 

The first exhibit we went to was a toy fiesta! I believe it was called Toytopia.  This is a picture of Jaxson standing in front of a giant bear made out of Legos. He was in heaven.

 

Emilee had fun in the doll house section.

 

They had a case with every kind of Lego man available....ummm awesome. Jaxson (in case I didnt make it clear) loves legos and had fun dreaming of the things he could make.

(One day I will take pics of high quality where you cant see the flash!)

 

We went to the fair with some great friends.....Bri and Shaun. We have been very blessed to meet a couple with the same values and sense of humor. We love them! This is their daughter Kiley.

 

This is a lego board wall where the kids could build. I wanted to remember this wall because I thought it was a great idea! I have never been to a fair that had a Toytopia.....I thought it was a blast.

 

 

This lady was awesome. She was trained by Disney and then taught her mom and sister. I think they just go from fair to fair doing this.

 

Love it!

 

Kileys eye was awesome. ( I look freaky without glasses!)

 

Jaxsie got a dragon. Love how he likes to go around flexing those bad boys. He said this was his favorite part of the day.

 

Here we are! Please note.....I will never be to old for dancing or face painting!

 

 

We did a serious amount of walking! Just a word to the wise, when walking for extended periods of time....do NOT wear flip-flops! I have a deep love flip flops but by the end of this day my dogs were barkin'! Not to mention questionable contents may have been on the bottoms of my feet after a stroll through the animal barns!

The food was awesome.....and the prices were out of control! I tasted my first lambburger....Yummo! We also had funnel cake and deep fried cheese curds. Good thing I saved my calories all week. Shout out to my work friend Evette....she gave me all the secrets of where to find the good food! She must be a fellow fair foodie like myself.

 

 

Ride time!

 

I started out strong taking pics and then slowly faded! The animals were fun to look at ,though it was a bit weird seeing how I was fresh off eating a lamb burger. There was a exhibit with wild animals that had been taken from weird people! You know, the type of people who keep lions and tigers and bears...OH MY. I will say that exhibit was a bit odd. There were panthers chillin in dog kennels, tons of snakes and a tiger that was separated my some cheap wire fencing and a rope. Honestly, one should never be that close to a tiger!

 

We had a great day! Again, loved making memories with my crazy family.