Fair!

I was really excited about the Cache County Fair. In Kirksville you had to pay to just get into the fair grounds, like $25 a person. So we passed on that. But good ol' Logan didn't let us down! The kids and I got to be up close and personal with cows, pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, pigeons, and horses. Mariah and Chet were in heaven (Ok, I was too. Always have and always will be an animal lover).

Mariah totally looks like a teenager here. "Mom this is sooo embarrassing."  I guess it's just me desperately trying to cling to my ranch roots. She will just have to deal with it.  

Chet was especially excited. He had his arms waving and his wrists a'twirling the whole time. 

I decided to roam through the booths and ended up running into an old roommate and dear friend. Sasha was manning a booth even though she usually doesn't do that for her work. We were meant to see each other and it made me really happy. 

One of the booths were selling cheapo skirts and I decided to look around. I was confused on how to know the size and one of the salespeople helped me. After explaining how the sizing worked she looked me up and down and said "you a large". When I brought the skirt up to purchase the man that checked me out looked at the size and said, "Yes, good, you a large." I tried really hard to not be offended. The joys of being tall. 

I put some sunglasses on Chet and he loved them so much. When I took them off he immediately began crying and wouldn't stop until I put them back on. Naturally I had to buy them and a pair for Mariah. Our "free" excursion ended up costing us $20, but I would say it was still worth it. And now this "large" woman has herself a skirt and the kiddos are made in shades. 

We were able to go to the final night of the rodeo with Brittany, Mike and Mike's parents. Mariah and Chet had a blast and were little darlings. I was really impressed with Chet. The rodeo started at seven (when he normally goes to bed) and ended at 10:30 and he was such a good boy. Mariah spent most of the time dancing to the music. We had so much fun whoopin' and hollerin' that I didn't even bust out the camera. Figures...