Rides at the Fair

We always look forward to my sister and her family visiting for the week, although somehow the week seems to go by way to fast! Our week was packed with a lot of activities - rides at the fair, visiting Oxbow Park, swimming at Soldier's Field and at the Stewartville pool, going to garage sales, feeding the geese, paddleboating, and biking around Silver Lake, and having a barbeque. It was an awesome week and I only wish the Springer's could have been here longer because we miss them so much!

Our last night at the fair was needless to say, a little rushed and chaotic. It was HOT - HOT -HOT and we heard a rumor that rides may be closing around 6pm because of the heat index. Since we hadn't gotten to the fair until aroudn 4:30pm, we rushed to eat dinner so that we'd have a chance to go on a few rides. Amaya and I had pizza from Godfather's and Steve ate a cheeseburger on a doughnut instead of a bun and he said it was awesome!

Since Steve and Arwen don't particularly care for the wild and crazy rides, they offered to take Miles and Amaya on the little kiddie rides.

Best friends goofing around.

While the little ones were on rides, the older kids took Mike, Carol, and myself on all those wild and crazy rides. And anyone who knows me, knows that the wilder and crazier the ride, the better! We were racing around trying to get on as many as we could before they closed the rides! Fortunately, we didn't have to wait at all to get on rides. The rumor turned out to be just that... they were only taking armbands until 6pm, but you could still purchase tickets. There was one ride that just about nearly did me in. Whether it was a combination of the round and round or the upside down or the heat or not having enough time between each ride to "recover," I was literally sick. Not the throw up kinda sick, but the "I have a massive headache and I just want to lay down" kinda sick. Maybe I'm too old for these types of rides....

Anyway, after we had enough of the rides, a few of the kids wanted to "Walk on the Water" in a large bubble. It looked like a lot of fun!

Annika

and Lydia

We also cooled down with a few of our favorite treats at the fair:

A huge shaved ice for Steve

and Amaya and I shared a strawberry smoothie! Delish!

And one last picture of the three little ones... Miles, Amaya, and Hope. Think we tired them out?