North Pole

Chris was going to take a vacation to Las Vegas before he got another job since he probably wouldn't get time off for awhile but his friends had to bail and he didn't want to go alone so he decided to fund a family trip to the North Pole instead. The kids have always been a little leery when it comes to rides but I was hoping that they would be okay with these since adults ride with them. Chris loves rides and doesn't have anyone to ride with. Jessie was the big surprise because she loves them. She kept wanting them to go faster. Too bad she is too little to ride the big rides at Elitches. Brandon went on all of them but he didn't like a few of them. I am proud that he tried though. A couple of them he went back on for seconds even though  he didn't really want to because he didn't want to be shown up by his little sister. Everyone had a great time and the weather was beautiful. We stayed all day. Dad even rode a few of them. I am blessed to have a wonderful family who enjoys doing things together.

                                     This was at a training burn, Brandon is the little one. He is so proud of himself.

State Fair

We went to the state fair this weekend. We convinced the kids not to buy souvenirs there because we are hoping to still do a family trip this month. There wasn't really anything we wanted to buy anyway but you know how kids are they want everything even if it is junk. The food is becoming outrageous there so we ended up eating after we were done with the fair. The kids ended up getting some free stuff so they were happy. We did some games at the thrive booth and got some animal key chains. Turkey Hill was giving free ice cream away. The kids went to the safety park where city fire has a bus that teaches you what to do in case of a fire. I made Chris go in with the kids because Scott and I have been through the lectures before. Brandon was so excited to show off his knowledge, the guy ended up stopping the lecture early because he said the kids knew it all anyway. He asked them where their meeting place is in case of a fire and they said either the tree house or the fire truck. He said that was the strangest answer he ever heard. He ended up giving them t-shirts, which he doesn't give to everyone, and told them they could teach the class they knew so much. They also got suckers for participating in a scavenger hunt that was done at this really cool train setting. It is probably 100 feet around and has country scenes, mining scenes, a drive in, etc. I wanted to get pics but it was too crowded. You had to find things like the dog in the back of the truck, that sort of thing. We asked Chris to make furniture for Brandon's fire station we made last year and I might submit it to the fair next year. Some of the shows this year was a show about Australia animals, the strong man, the Olate dogs that were the winner from America's got talent, and some Indian dancers. It started raining at the end of the night so the only thing we didn't do was the kids were going to ride the Ferris wheel with Chris and they didn't get to that. All in all I think the kids had fun and it was a good night.

                                    Brandon milking a cow, Jessie didn't want to do it

                                             Brandon roping

 

                                         I was going to get their pics with smokey but they put them away

Brandon was part of the strongman show, Jessie probably would have been too but I had to move her into the shade because she was getting overheated.