Fair Fun

We ventured out to the fair this past Saturday. It was fun and a pretty day to go. We got started quite late, so we weren't able to do as many things as we hoped. But, we really had a ball on a few rides and doing some activities.

Went to the horse pulls - it was very interesting! Each team of horses - usually 2, pulls a sled weighed down with cement bricks. The horses worked so hard, and were pulling literally thousands of pounds!!

This team lives with the Amish most of the year, working their farm and plowing their fields and then goes back home to Missouri for the rest of the year. The owner told me it's "good for their head" to have a change of scenery and do different things.

Enjoyed the petting zoo - it really was a neat area with a baby giraffe, zebras, and other wildlife. I just had to get a picture of this turkey - he was really pretty! We had so much fun listening to his "gobble, gobble".

I love his blue face and black and white feathers - such a great combination of colors!

The boys enjoyed the farris wheel - one of our most favorite rides at the fair. Last year, at the State Fair of Texas, it cost us about $75 bucks for us all to enjoy the Farris Wheel, but that is one heck of a ride, let me tell ya!

Peering over the edge...

View from the Top

In the Fun House. The boys wanted to go on it over and over again. L is having a little trouble making it out.... And there is Big D - with his UT Longhorns shirt on. We definitely are the minority here, as most people root for OU!