The 102nd NW Fair

Not that we've been 102 times, but Brandon would sure love to go on the rides that many times!!  Micah and Grandma even got in to the rides this year.  It was a blast.  The boys are so blessed to have a Grandma who enjoys going to the fair with them.  It's a great day together.

(Warning: Heavy picture post!)

Micah was quite fascinated with the animals.

A calf born 30 minutes earlier.

Grandma and Brandon on the farris wheel. 

Brandon is just THRILLED with the rides and would do nothing else all day long if the rest of us didn't want to see other parts of the fair as well.

We met up with Elliot and his friend and the three boys went on a couple rides together.  Brandon really enjoyed that.

All I had to say to Brandon before they got on this ride is if he turned the wheel they would go FASTER! 
They really got that thing spinning.  I was pretty impressed.

Micah's favorite was the "ide" and he would have done that all day long as well.

It was a HOT day!  Perfect fair weather. ;)

 After lunch we took a break from the heat and sat in the shaded bleachers to watch a whole variety of horse presentations.

This family was pretty incredible.  They do stunts on horses and just travel from fair to fair.

The horse is chased...

The horse chases...(not really)

eventually they did come together and perform.

The abdominal muscles on these guys must be amazing.  I can see Brandon doing this some day...

Mutton Bustin' is HI-LARIOUS!  Most of the kids end up on the ground but a couple made it all the way across.

Auntie Lis came up for the week to ride.

The Sardis Wildlife was there this year.  It brought back memories from teaching days when we took our kids to see the birds.

And then it was back to rides for Brandon and I and Grandma took Micah for a walk--or a nap in Micah's case.

We went to go see Auntie Lis for hugs of course--always good for my soul.

Again, Micah was fascinated with the horses.

The boys soon fell apart after that and so we decided it was time to head home.  "On the way out" we happened to bump in to the tractors and the boys got to sit on them for a couple minutes.  It was the perfect way to end a spectacularly fun day.

Here's to next year!