Tuesday, September 9, 2008

The Last Summer Hurrah!



We have made it a family tradition to go to the State Fair every summer as our last "hurrah" before school starts. We have so much fun at the fair!

This year, Kelley, Tyler, and Tyler's brother, Sam met us there and hung out with us for a while. Kelley stuck it out to the end (she is used to us stopping whenever Chip finds someone that he knows) ha ha!!




Chip got caught trying to volunteer Aubrey to be a part of a silly show, so they called him up on stage instead!


The Marines booth was a highlight. Jack gave his all to complete enough pull ups for a water bottle. Hannah surprised everyone who surrounded us by doing the flexed arm hang for the required 70 seconds for a t-shirt. Everyone counted down the last 10 seconds for her as she trembled and used all of her strength - it was just awesome!




Kelley missed not having our sister, Ellen, to ride the fast, scary rides with this year. It took a lot of coaxing, but Aubrey finally agreed to go on "VIPER" with her! She was scared to death and screamed the whole time. Kelley could hardy breath from laughing so hard.




Everyone has their favorite parts and favorite fair foods - we do our best to cover it all. Coming home late with sore feet and empty wallets is always worth the fun we have together at the fair!

3 comments:

Shannon said...

Looks like tons of fun, Tracy! I love the fair, too.

Anonymous said...

Good to see pictures of everyone having fun. Is the fair in Boise of do you have to travel? Glad Kelley was able to play too! Since we discovered the Sawdust Festival the fairs have taken a back seat, but would still go if the opportunity were there! Everyone looks great. Go Hannah and Jack!! Ooh rah!!
Love,
Gramma

Tracy said...

Yep mom, the fair is right here in Boise. It's not nearly as big as the OC fair, but good enough, ya know?