A fair{nite}

Our friends came allllll the way from Wenatchee to share the fair with us. Here's Candy, super woman she is, carrying a five year-old and pushing and almost-two-year-old. Super woman, I tell ya!


Our first stop was to Pierce Hall, of course, to check and see if anything I entered won any ribbons. I was hoping to at least get a second place on my cherries since I drove alllll the way home to grab them at the last minute when I realized there was only one other entry! I figured I'd at least get a red~ hahahahaha!

Imagine my surprise when JD started yelling that my cherries won first place! And then I ran over to realize that the ones he was referring to weren't mine....but when we DID find mine....there was a BLUE ribbon on them! SHOCK to the nation. Seriously! I was so excited, I took a picture - shaking and all! Everyone in Pierce Hall was staring at me but do you think I cared? Um, not the least! Hahahaaha!!!!

Then we went to check out the pictures and you can imagine the squeal I let out when Candy said, "I see a cowboy picture of Ryan with a blue ribbon on it!". UN.BELIEVE.ABLE. JD took our picture (and Ryan felt famous :)

Gage's hand got a blue and the silhouette pic (which is barely visible behind me) got a third place white ribbon.

I learned a lot about categorizing pictures, for sure! I put JD and Ryan on the Columbia in 'water scenes' and about died when all the other pics in that category were of waterfalls and lakes! lol. Live and learn, I suppose.

I just thought it was super neat to have some pictures that I took among all those other GREAT photos! I have never done this before and it's very nerve-racking. You sort of put yourself out there and wait to be judged - I can't think of one person who LIKES that feeling! But it was just fun to see my kids in blown-up pictures...and hear people comment about them in an artsy kind of way. And listen. We all know who the REAL artist is here; I was just lucky enough to push a button at a right time. ;)

This {nite} held a lot of other 'firsts'- It was Ryan's first time ever riding rides at the carnival...

Cotton Candy. Root beer. Elephant Ears. Carmel Apples. Pictures. Rides. Music. Laughter. Crowds. Huckleberry Lemonade. Friends.

I think it's safe to say that we had a blast at the fair this year! Hope you did/do too!!!!