The Fair!

Last week was the week of the Northwest Washington Fair. My mom bought tickets awhile ago for the entire family to go together...unfortunately, Ben and Kyle had to work and were unable to join the rest of us for a day at the fair!

We met at Kim and Thane's house for an early lunch (around 11:00) and then headed to the fairgrounds. Rain was predicted for the day (should we be surprised???) and it was a bit overcast but thankfully, the rain held off and the clouds kept it from being too hot!

We started off at the kiddy carnival, thinking it would be fun for Annaliese and Elias to try some of the rides. Turns out, they weren't quite tall enough for the majority of them!

But they could go on the carousel! So that's where we went. Turns out it's a good thing they weren't tall enough...neither of them were too sure about actually being on a ride!

At one point in the middle of the ride, Annaliese gave me a big smile and said, "This is fun!" but she never loosened her grip on me!

That one ride was enough for the day, so we moved on to the tractors and the animals. 

Mallory was tucked in the Ergo all day:) She missed most of the animals.

 Getting ready to give these camels a bottle of milk. The camels were about 1 1/2 yrs old.

 We watched this horse show with Clydesdales. The sound of theirs hooves as they entered the arena was incredible! And then to watch them prancing around with their fancy harnesses on was impressive. Here there were 3 horses, but we saw as many as 6 on one team! 

 Annaliese dancing...the rest of us were watching an Alpaca and Llama Obstacle Course (sorry no pictures of that. It just wasn't that impressive, although it was rather amusing)

 We stumbled upon the Rascal Rodeo, which was events for Special Needs kids. They had these little ponies there, and they were supposed to race around the barrels.  These two little munchkins would run in circles around the same barrel around and around and around again. It was hilarious to watch!

 Annaliese and Elias 'racing' around the barrels.

Haleigh, all snuggled up with Grandma

By the end of the day, everyone had had a good time, there were no major breakdowns by any of the children (although Haleigh was in her third outfit of the day) and we could all say we enjoyed the fair! And although you can't tell by looking at any of the pictures, Auntie Kelsey was also with us:)