What a busy week/weekend. We did the Fair, Rodeo, Parade thing and just when you thought we couldn't cram anything else into our busy labor day weekend, we made new friends.

We took the kids to the fair Thursday evening and they had so much fun. When we walked in to the fairgrounds we made the mistake of going through the entrance were the kiddie rides were (BIG MISTAKE), our goal was to go get something to eat, walk through the barns, and then end with the rides. We were able to talk the kids into quickly letting us get something to eat, but the barns were out of the question. They tried to wait patiently, but the nice thing about the fair and living in a small town is you get to see EVERYONE, which Jer and I love, but the kids didn't care for it because it was cutting into their precious ride time. After we grabbed something to eat, I love fair it 's okay to eat dessert all day. The kids started the fair ride adventure with the fun house, it's the one with the bridges and long slide, and that about wraps it up!! No I am not forgetting anything, they did this almost the whole time we were there, I would say they went through it at least 40 times (I am not exaggerating).

Than Friday we were going to take a break from the fair and I was going to go with my mom and Audrey to the rodeo. Well, the boys talked their dad into taking them again to ride rides, at least this time we got to see the barns. Audrey was a mess at the rodeo, I am not sure what my mom and I were thinking when we decided to take the most nosey girl (Audrey) to sit in the stands. She made it to the Miss Rodeo Washington crowning and then it was time to go. She then walked through the barns with the boys and LOVED it.

The next day was the Parade, and we made it through the whole thing, which surprised me, but catching candy was a cool thing.

Over the week we made some new friends, some friends of some friends needed somewhere for their kids to go for a few days while they competed in the rodeo, I just happened to have some room. They were good kids and Braiden and Trevor love them. Braiden had a hard time when they first came because the little girls name was Josie, and that is his cousins name, so we had to have a talk about people sometimes having the same name, after he could grasp this concept he loved her and became her little shadow (I don't think she loved it as much as he did). And Trevor found a partner in crime, Gator (Calagator, as Trev called him), they both are second children that have a lot of ideas, lets leave it at that. They were great kids and we had a lot of fun together, we can't wait to see them again.

The last of our labor day was Jer and I going to the Rodeo on Monday and then he helped tear down the BBQ beef booth for the church. That about wraps up our weekend, we had a ton of fun but I am not sad it is over, we (me) am looking forward to some down time. Oh, but wait school starts soon..............