state fair highlights...

our trips to the state fair are becoming some what predicable, but they are still so much fun!!  this year we went with b & pop (we missed the fifers-- sniff, sniff) and headed down to the fair grounds one afternoon right after we picked up o from school.  the weather was perfect, the crowds were small, and the corny dogs were delicious.  here are the highlights from our trip to "the great state fair of texas" (that is what olivia calls it!!)

o's first choice at the midway- generic dumbo ride.  she loved it just as much as she did in disneyworld.  :)

next up-- o and j in the miller lite bumper cars.  this pic was before the ride really began.   once it started they were both giggling and laughing the entire time.

the guys rode the log ride- jack, mark, and pop.  olivia is not a fan so b, olivia, and i just watched and took pictures.  :)

finally time to eat!!  pop and o enjoying their corny dogs soon followed by the best cinnamon roll ever!!  later a fried moon pie for mark and a carmel apple for me.  i am pretty sure the kids ate something else too, i can't remember.

no trip to the fair is complete without a picture in front of big tex.  say "howdy!!"

our car-loving jack could not get enough of the car show.  o loved climbing in and out of the cars too.  what is it about being a kid and pretending to drive that is soooo much fun?

then off to owen's farm to feed the animals.  always a highlight for the kids.  i just hate the smell and feel so dirty when we are done.  :) 

and of course we had to go on trip to the "little hands farm." the kids worked hard on the farm-- picking fruit, milking the cow, feeding the animals, and planting some seeds.  

after all that we headed back to the kiddie midway to spend the rest of our coupons on a few more rides  then we waved good-bye to the big ferris wheel, said "see ya next year!" to big tex and headed home.