State Fair

We decided to take a day trip down the the Utah State Fair. Eric spent most of his life going to the Iowa State Fair so he is a bit of a fair snob. It was a beautiful day to be outside. It was sunny and just breezy enough to keep you cool. Caden was super excited and Macey, well Macey was Macey (just excited to go anywhere). Caden had a blast, he sat in a Humvee, rode a pony, played a few games and we even got to watch an exciting Sea Lion show. All in all it was a great fair experience and quite entertaining. We stopped into the DNR building to look at some animals and only found two cute shrimp, or whatever the nasty stuff in the Salt Lake is.

Our last picture at the fair was seeing how scary we looked for Halloween. Caden was so exhausted he wanted to ride in the stroller on the way to the car. Caden makes a great vampire and Maceyy a beautiful witch.

We saw some ponies and realized it had been awhile since he had ridden a horse, but when we told him he could be a cowboy like Grandpa Larry he was ready to ride. We paid $4, but it was worth it. The people who owned the ponies were really nice.

Caden got to ride the mighty steed Storm. As you can tell this horse could only be tamed by a 4 year old.

Caden had a blast on the pony and we got to hear a yee haw as he rode past.

We pushed on to see some livestock and they were all sheering their sheep for the 4H competition. Caden got to pet one of the sheep and a goat. He wanted to pet a cow, but they wouldn't let us.

I took a picture of these pigs because they were enjoying a nap and spooning. Nothing beats spooning pigs.

Caden and Macey posing in the pig pin. Macey has a new smiley face where she looks up and jsut opens her mouth. It counts as a smile right?

We found a pig sleeping and decided to pet his nose. He didn't seem to care and Caden found out how hard a pig's nose really is.

Caden getting some lunch.

Caden and Eric posing at the lunch table. Good old State Fair food.

Macey surviving the heat trying to grab some lunch from anyone who would give her a few bites.