State Fair

We took a quick, whirlwind trip to Dallas the first weekend of October and stayed with our good friends the Browns.  They were sweet enough to open up their home to all 5 (!!!) of us for the weekend.  The noise level reached all new heights.  But we had fun, fun, fun!  We headed to the fair on Sunday afternoon after Chris had completed his triathlon.  I know.  He rocked it at a triathlon and then hoofed it all around the fair that evening.  He crazy.

Brown kids and Jones kids.  Emily and Johnny made their first appearance at the fair.  First of many, we're sure.

After picture posing we immediately got ourselves a corny dog.  So, so good.  Never mind cross-eyed Matt.  *giggle*

The extra special treat was that Steven was able to join us this year.  Don't think he'd made the trip since he was a UT student.  And that was a loooooooooong time ago.  :)

The kids were super excited about the rides as they are every year.  Mr. Will did do some growing over the last year, but alas, it was still not enough for him to ride solo.  He measured 33", so he's got 3 more inches to grow over the next year to ride by himself on most of the kiddie rides.  Can he do it??

Good thing Will has a big brother to ride along with.

It worked well until one fair employee blew the whistle on us and said that Will had to ride with someone 12 or older.  So, I rode the airplanes and got all dizzy.  Really though, why is dizziness so miserable as an adult?  Made me feel all icky.  But my little boy was all smiles.

Johnny was a champ.  We had him all bundled up in his stroller, and he did great for the most part.  He decided to get hungry while I was in the very long line waiting for fried cookie dough and a caramel apple.

These three.  They played and played all weekend long.  They all slept in the same room, and yes they actually slept.  Until the Brown's dog, Jackson, walked into their room one morning and Will screamed like I had never heard him scream before.  We've got to get that kid used to dogs.  Maybe dogs that aren't bigger than him would help.  Poor guy.

We were just about to leave the fair that evening when the parade headed our way.  We watched it and were then able to pose our kids with these crazy clowns at the end.  Hilarious.  And the day was complete!  Another awesome year at the State Fair.