Aren't they all so cute waiting for the parade to start. If I were truly being honest I would tell you that the real thing they were excited for was all the candy that is thrown into the crowd. But, for the sake of this post, we'll all pretend that they were excited to see the floats and animals.
My darling Jenna was not the least bit interested in the candy. She informed us all that since she didn't know where that candy had come from she wouldn't be eating any of it. The fact that it was being thrown on the ground was more than she could take as well. She might take after her mother, though I can neither confirm or deny this.
After the parade we were off to the fair.
Aren't my people so incredibly adorable? This is one of those times when I'm glad I've taken up blogging. It's the only way my kids will know I was actually with them. I'm always the photographer and I'm never in the pictures. I should really have Jared take some pictures sometimes. In the meantime, let's see if I can guess what they're all thinking...
Jenna: "Really Mom, another picture?"
Jared: "I am smiling!"
Ethan: "I wonder how much food I'm going to get to eat in there."
Abby: "Oh, this is painful."
Sadie: "Doesn't this smile look so beautiful!"
I keep telling them that someday they will thank me for all these pictures, they don't believe me though. ;)
Once we were in the fair we walked and walked and walked, though not quite as much as the pioneers did, regardless of popular belief. (Sadie) We saw everything you would normally see at a fair. At lunchtime we headed over to the Tiger Ears booth. Tiger Ears are gigantic scones sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. The way the Walker family tells it the Tiger Ears booth used to be the most popular one at the fair. Each year their LDS ward would have all the youth fry those scones and sprinkle that sugar the whole week of the fair. It was their annual fundraiser for all their youth activities. I don't doubt that those kids smelled like hot grease for weeks after the fair was over. After all the stories, the kids insisted on trying one of these famous Tiger Ears.
See what I mean by gigantic? These things are over the top gi-normous! They're delicious too!
After the fair we were off to see Grandpa Walker's farm. My kids could spend every day and night at the farm. They love to run, play, climb trees, pick raspberries to eat and ride on Grandpa's four wheeler with their cousins. Fortunately, they are blessed with an awesome Grandpa who loves them and let's them do just about anything they want over there. We picked tons of raspberries for Grandpa, it was really run. Jared's niece, Briella, was hysterical. She took her cute, little two-year old self over, plopped down in front of the bucket of raspberries and went right to work. Not picking them, mind you, eating them! It was so funny. That night we had planned a BBQ over at Neil and Becky's with Grandpa's fresh corn on the cob. The downpour ruined our eating outside, but Neil was a good sport and cooked out in the rain so we could still have our burgers.
We came home on Sunday in order to avoid the Labor Day traffic on Monday. Much to the kids dismay, we spent Monday working around the house. We accomplished a ton and finished off the weekend with tinfoil dinners cooked in the firepit and ice cream. It was a fabulous ending to an awesome weekend.
