Bar-B-Q Days & County Fair Fun

Nothing marks the mid-point of summer like back-to-back weekends of fun at Bar-B-Q Days and the Scott County Fair... 

Our Bar-B-Q Days weekend included a parade, rides, food, and fireworks.  We are so lucky to have a fun celebration in our backyard!

Watching the parade with Uncle Adam

...and not watching the parade... goofball

Seeing dad's car in the parade was pretty cool, too!

Cooper's favorite ride...

Of all the open seats, they wanted to sit together.  Super sweet!!

Mmmmmm!  Izzy has a sweet tooth, and loves ice cream more than life itself.

Mommy's girl

On the way to the fireworks with Abby and Olivia.  A lady on each arm...

"Fireworks are for big kids..." Izzy and Ben stayed home and slept great for a babysitter :)

A great end to a great weekend!

And the Fair weekend was exhausting and exciting.  The kids made it to the Fair all five days--sometimes twice!  Their favorite parts were the baby animals and the horses.   Oh, and I'm sure they loved coming into the office to visit mommy:)  This summer marks my last year in the Fair office.  It's been a few years of saying, "This is my last year..." but this time I mean it.  I am ready to just have the summers to enjoy with Jeremy and the kids.  I can't tell you how excited I am to have the next three weeks of August completely and utterly to ourselves!

The kids had Jeremy running from one end of the Fair to the other, in and out of the same barns at least twenty times in five days, and helped him spend plenty of cash buying treats that one only enjoys at the Fair ;)  Needless to say, daddy needed his sleep each night!  If you need a tour of the fairgrounds, call our kids.  They are experts.

"Baby goats are called kids.  Just like me!"  Cooper learned a new baby animal name at the Fair.  Although we didn't get a picture with the new kids, both kids loved to see them each day.

The baby calf in the Miracle of Birth Center... so soft!

Cooper was pretty proud to count his vegetable ribbons... 5 blues and 1 white!  Pretty good for his first time!

Vroom vroom!!

I'm ready for my next lawn.  The hardhat is sure to help.

Isabelle and Grandpa Gary

Cooper in the Straw Dive.  I don't think he was even looking for the tokens... he just loved throwing and digging up the straw.

Swinging together on the tire swing with Grandma Dawn pushing.

Hanging out with Grandpa on the People Mover golf cart.

Waiting for the derby to get started with soon-to-be-Auntie Chelsea

Reading up on the pre-entries for the night.  He's picking winners.  (More about the big winner in another post!!)

Izzy riding Black Jack the pony.  They LOVED the pony rides.

This boy was right at home on Tony the pony.  This is the face of one happy guy.

Until next year...