State fair with the family

 Can't miss the calves!  So tame!

 checking out the horses

 Corn dog!  Beginning of fried food feast...

 Amazing Lego exhibit of the Indy speedway!

 Rides!  Such joy on their faces!

 Carousel for Juliette

 Didn't want it to end!

The Mid-way

 Soaking in the sights

 So interested in the rides!

 One order of fried Oreos...

 and a funnel cake

 Juliette will share.  She promised!

 Enthralled with the baby chicks and ducks at the poultry barn.

 She wanted to take a few home and when they look like this...of course!

 Newbies hatching regularly in the incubator.

Year of the dairy cows!  :)

We had a super time at the State fair.  We sat down to watch the horses and cart show but had to leave due to a stagecoach flipping over before the show with people in it!  It sounds like every one is okay per the news, but so scary to watch!  The girls especially loved the poultry barn and baby chicks and ducks, seeing the animal barns,  rides and enjoying the food.

State fair with friends

 Watching the milking demonstration

" Little hands on the farm"

 Finding an egg for their basket

 The crew

 About to give the udder a squeeze.  Juliette really got into it this year!

 Where you place your items that you have picked up along the trail, through the barns

 Ready to spend their $ they earned for the work on the farm

 Got a juice!

 Having fun!

 Enjoying a refreshing snowcone.

 Petting the calves in the cattle barn.

 Baby donkey!

 Goat show

 Watching a video on animal live births.  Isabelle was shocked at what she saw!  :)

Our annual trip with the Guffeys to the State fair was so much fun! The kids were so behaved, fun and had a great time together.  We enjoyed our regular lunch place at the dairy barn where we had grilled cheese and milkshakes, saw a goat show, learned about milking at the demonstration, the kids blew through the "little hands on the farm" interactive exhibit, enjoyed the donkeys and petting all of the animals.  :)

dream

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. - Pamela Vaull Starr

fingerprints...moments in time

A friend posted a window with her children's fingerprints on facebook and I just loved seeing it. So, I took a picture of our front glass door because it is always covered with fingerprints.  It is so true that someday we will miss seeing them all over but right now at times it does drive us crazy!  And since I am so good at cleaning my windows, it is quite possible that these little hands will still be there for awhile!

"I want to hold you"

"I want to hold you".  When she says those 5 words...I let her, every time!  :)

Summer evenings...

Shower time for Jujubee!