Our State Fair

Is a great State Fair (sing along with me!) Before everything happened last week, we had a fun day at the State Fair. My family always went every year when we were growing up. In high school I even lived at the state fair for a week (I was on State 4-H Council--are you impressed?). Once dh and I were married, we went to the Minnesota State Fair every year. Now we are back in Iowa and haven't made it there in a few years. Dh got free tickets (including gate, food, and rides) through work; we tried to make it there on Saturday but Leah was starting to complain her tummy hurt that day. We did go on Sunday and looking back at what we put Leah through, it may not have been the best idea! Oh well, we all had a great time. **please excuse any ginormous pictures--photobucket, the computer and I are not getting along** Where else can you:

See Bob the Builder



Hug an elephant



Look like your favorite college mascot





See a giant blue gorilla selling spas



Ride the sky glider



Go down the giant slide (those are Emma's feet up in the air)



See a giant Army dude go down the slide



Ride dizzy dragons and spinning bears (please do not call CPS on me--we didn't know at that time that Leah's guts were up in her chest)





Pretend to be a farmer









Pose in cheesy cut outs



And see Clifford the Big Red Dog (excuse the photos, our camera sucks)

Those were just a few of the things we did get pictures of. We also saw

A cow made entirely out of butter

A huge pig

And a big bull

(Since we didn't take pictures of these things, the pictures are stolen from kdotp. This is what Emma looked like the last time we made it to the State Fair)

Its been a few years, but we'll be there again next year. Its the only time I can eat a bowl of fruit, fresh fudge, deep fried cheese curds, a huge pickle, a battered and deep fried Snickers bar, and a cup of chocolate chip cookies all in once place. (Yes, that is just what I ate; not hubby or the girls).