MN State Fair 2012

Opps! It seems that I've neglected to post pictures from our annual State Fair outing. It's tradition to attend the fair for an entire day, braving any heat and crowds. The girls are clearly activity lovers and they look forward to this outing each summer; this year they lasted 9 hours without so much as a whine. We were joined by Grandma Sheri, Grandpa Arnie and Shane and Amy. The more people who come with means the more food we can try! This year it was: frozen grapes (my fav), caramel apple, frozen banana (Sid's fav, she ate TWO!), cheese curds (Ryan's fav), french fries (oh wait, Ryan's fav), fried pickles, snow cones (nope, now this was his fav), big pickle (ok, maybe THIS was his fav!), red velvet funnel cake, beef jerky, turkey sandwich (now this, he adores), nut rolls, scotch egg (oh yea, and this one too), nitro ice cream. I give up, clearly he loves the fair! 

Regan started out the morning with a caramel apple....keep in mind she's missing her top two teeth so eating it became one. giant. mess. 

Oh for the love of the fair. 

 Lucky Grandma forgot her camera so instead of being behind the scenes, she got to be IN all the pictures! 

 Sidney tried her hand at milking a cow. 

ok, not really, but it really does squirt out water when pulled correctly!

 Rides, rides, and more rides. You would've thought since we were JUST at Valleyfair, they would be tired of rides. Nope, never. It's easiest for me/Grandma to take them early in the morning and spend time on rides so we don't have to be at the kiddie midway all afternoon. This is always their favorite "ride".

Did I mention it was hot hot hot!? There were a lot of snow cones consumed. Ryan may have hit an all-time record number; maybe around 7 or 8! 

 Ahh, and for an hour, this wee one slept. I didn't want to disturb her slumber (remember, she is not good at sleeping), so I didn't get a picture of the corn dog in her right hand as she snoozed. What a sight! 

We tasted a lot of great food, saw a lot of crazy happenings and rode some fun rides. Thanks for a wonderful State Fair outing!