Thursday, August 25, 2011

Western Idaho Fair

It's that time again, time for the annual Idaho State Fair!!!  I love the fair and get so excited when it comes around every year.  I guess I grew up going to the fair when I was little so it only seems natural to keep going.  Blake on the other hand can't handle the fair so after dragging him year after year with us, he  kindly suggested we go during the day with other friends whose husbands don't want to go.  Easy enough at this stage in our life that's just what we did; Allie and I even picked up Natalie to join us.  We ended up meeting the Johnson's down there and between her and I we had 9 kids.  We fit right in as the circus act at the fair :)    


Allie loves feeding the animals.  Guess she's an all natural compared to the Johnson's; they were petrified of feeding the animals and were cracking me up


Allie and Natalie loved and enjoyed the goats


Brushing the cows.  The petting zoo is always fun because it's so interactive for the kids.  Loved how it was 
not very crowded the day that we went


Sophie got up close and personal with some goats; even got a few kisses from them


My friend and I fell in love with some cow girl hats and wanted to buy them for all the girls.  The sad part was the hats cost $20 a piece, so we decided to grab pictures of the girls to remember how cute they were


There was a butterfly house at the fair this year and it was so much fun.   They had little q-tips that you could dip in nectar to feed the butterflies.   Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet?  Learned something new at the Idaho Fair this year:)


One butterfly landed right on Allie's dress and Allie became a butterfly rescue hero by getting one picked up off the floor


We took a lunch break mid-day and the girls enjoyed getting cooled off from the ginormous fan


As tradition stands, Allie got to pick one ride to go on.  She ended up picking out these boats that went around in the water....really not to exciting kid but heck you had fun!  Another great year, great food, and great friends enjoyed at the fair.

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