The Fair

I have a love affair with the fair. The food, the rides, the crafts, the local companies with all the giveaways, the crazy looking carnies, even the horse manure. I love it!! My favorite was the visit with the roosters and chickens as well as watching the steer being judged(the boys didn't find it very interesting they just wanted to go on the rides). I remember even as a little girl when we would go to a fair or strawberry festival I loved the animals and cloggers-I always secretly dreamed of being a farm girl and marrying a cowboy...I even wanted to be in the FFA when I was in high school...crazy confession I know...and it's funny how things change(although I still want to be a farm girl I'm totally content and blessed to have my Jersey boy who sneezes from even looking at a farm animal..he does look good in a cowboy hat though..I may just have a cowboy yet..)
I also love country festivals in the mountains complete with bluegrass and gospel music, cloggers, and kettle cooked apple butter...



I digress...anyway, we visited our local fair last night and although we didn't dive into the fair food($8 for fries is just crazy!) We did have a great time. The boys loved playing the bottle game where you have a little ring that you have to throw and get around the neck of the bottle. The older gentlemen manning the booth was so sweet. He overflowed the boys bucket with rings. They didn't win. ...then we bought another bucket and he gave us a bucket for free. Then one of the bottles broke and Nicholas told the man. Well, he gave them more rings for being honest. He really was a sweet man and although they didn't win(which secretly I was glad because they were HUGE stuffed animals and we have so many already) they had a great time! They rode rides and even banged their foreheads in the maze of glass and we watched crazy teenagers go on some rides that I wouldn't dare go on...



We ended the night by visiting a local Mexican restaurant as a treat instead of paying $60 for dinner at the fair...it was a great night.