Fair Favorites & Work Picnic

I can't believe we've come to the fair already! This is usually our "so long" summer activity. 

 This is the 4th year I've taken Brooke to the Little Red Barn at the fair. This is Porter's second time coming. It's our family favorite and a great tradition!

plating seeds

the piglets were my favorite

 Brooke got to help spray the fire hose

About a week later was Blake's work summer picnic. Have I said how much Blake is enjoying his new job and how much our family loves it too? Well, we do. And these perks like summer picnics are just a few of the resons why! The picnic was in a meadow with a bounce-house, climbing wall, and several of those inflatable slides to play on. They fed us a BBQ lunch and let us climb on some of the heavy equipment they use (ones that cost millions of dollars--crazy!)

 They had face-painting for the kids and Brooke was so excited to be a kitty

 As soon as Porter saw the trucks, he got very excited and pointed and said "vroom-vroom"

As I look at the calendar and see that there is only a week and half left of summer vacation, part of me is ready (I am getting SO TIRED of cleaning my house over and over each day, and Brooke and I are starting to butt heads big time), but the other part of me is not ready to see it go. There are several activities I still want to with the kids. I'm going to squeeze every last drop of fun out of these last few weeks of freedom!