The Texas State Fair

We went to the land of fried food this weekend...The Texas State Fair. When you leave, the only question you find asking yourself is, "Is there anything they don't fry at the fair?" You can find fried twinkies, fried peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, fried marshmallows, fried snickers, fried coke...yes fried coke, fried latte, fried cheese curds...eeewww, fried cookie dough and the list goes on and on!! The food really was not that great this year and it is expensive! My favorite things to eat there are corndogs, caramel apples and nachos.

We went to the fair on Sunday, October 21st (the last day of the fair). It was not crowed at all until about dinner time. The kids didn't have to stand in any lines to ride rides. That was really nice and the weather was wonderful (sunny and in the low 80's). We arrived at the fair at 10:30 in the morning and didn't leave until 8:45 that night! We could have stayed longer but we were all so tired! The kids had a BLAST and I mean a BLAST at the fair. Me, Austin, Sammy, Honey, Sugar, Casey, Emily and Emma all went. Russell stayed home with Lauren because she is still too little. My mom and dad treated us for the day and bought everything. That was such a blessing!! My dad bought tickets and told the kids they could ride anything they wanted. Austin and Sammy LOVED the rides. I enjoyed watching them smile and laugh.

Look mommy! Our tickets!

First ride of the day...the motorcycles.

Austin & Sammy liked the canoe ride.

Sammy looked so cute with her little head sticking out of the firetruck!

Austin had fun spraying water on the "fire".Austin and Sammy are opposites! Austin is cautious and doesn't like heights! So there were many rides that did not look like fun to him. However, Sammy is our little daredevil whose motto must be "the fast the better"! Sammy wanted to ride EVERY ride. Even the ones that were just for adults. She was not afraid of anything.

In this picture you can see the difference between Sammy & Austin. Sammy has a BIG smile on her face while Austin has a look of being unsure about the ride. Sammy's favorite ride was the BIG slide. She rode with Uncle Casey the first time. She wanted to go again so Aunt Emily rode with her the second time. Austin didn't want to do the slide but he decided to give it a try after seeing Sammy do it. So, Uncle Casey walked Austin up to the top of the slide and Austin looked down and said "I don't think want to do this." Casey tried to talk him into going down but all he wanted to do was walk back down the stairs. I told Austin that he sure did a great job trying! I enjoyed riding a few rides with them too! Emma was so cute. She did little dances as we passed with rides with loud music. Austin, Honey, Sammy & Uncle Casey

The last thing we did before we left was ride the gondola. The gondola has been closed for quite a few years due to an accident and this year it was opened back up. Sammy, Honey and I enjoyed the ride. Austin and Sugar didn't care for it...they both don't like heights. Honey doesn't like heights either but he kept his cool during the ride. Austin said that he didn't want to ride the gondola again. Sammy loved it!