Showing posts with label Kansas State Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas State Fair. Show all posts

Monday, September 9, 2013

State Fair Fun

The kids and I took a field trip :) and spent the day at the State Fair! It was hot, but we all had fun. Of course, the first thing little farm boy spotted was the equipment! 

Testing out the brand new Gleaner combine. 


We caught a little bit of the chainsaw carver. Amazing what he can create out of a tree stump with a chainsaw!


More tractors!





Look out! He really liked testing out the Spyders!





Oh my goodness. This picture is so sweet! Isaac was pretty good about staying in the stroller. I let him walk around in the domestic arts building and he wanted to carry Woody on his shoulders. 


The boys cooled off at the splash pad. Jacob got soaked, but he wasn't nearly as hot as the rest of us!


Couldn't miss the petting zoo!



The kids were so well-behaved and even though I didn't get them very many tickets, they didn't complain. They got to ride 3 times. 





Isaac and Woody were worn out! ;)
It was a fun day, even though it was 100 degrees. I couldn't have asked the kids to be more well-behaved, especially for the heat and all the walking the big kids had to do. We were there from 10:30-4:30!! We're just sad Daddy couldn't join us! 

Friday, September 21, 2012

Pictures, pictures everywhere!


 I kept getting an error message on my phone when I would try to take a video or upgrade an app, telling me I had run out of storage. Well, that could have been because I had over 800 pictures and videos on my phone! (not the 600 I told you, Dad) Whoops. I have it set up to sync to the computer every day, but I need to figure out how to set it up so it will delete them off my phone once they're synced! And since I realized I haven't posted any pictures for quite a while...here ya go! :)







 I did NOT put them up to this! :) I realized it was a little too quiet and found them both content, looking at books!


 Isaac still loves baby Rhys! 


 We celebrated Jacob's birthday at Aunt Cara and Uncle Terry's house this year. She made his cake (of course!) and I had just about everything I needed to decorate for a John Deere-themed birthday!! :)


 It was also the weekend we celebrated Mia & Kaedyn's birthdays and had the 2nd "annual" Stinemetz 5K! Busy times. But we got to use our camper!! We took it out to Jeremy's to give everyone a bit more space (and we thought there would be a lot more people). The kids absolutely loved it! I can't wait to use it "for real"!!


 Uncle Terry helped her come up with the hay field idea for his cake. He said his cake was his favorite part of his party!


 Papa's got his hands full!


 One night Aaron & Jamie found a newborn calf, tied up and abandoned, next to Jeremy's house! Poor guy still had his cord, so he wasn't very old. 


 He's having a lot of fun with school this year and is already reading 3-letter words!


 Sound asleep.


 We learned about fingerprints one day...



 I made some mini pizzas (with homemade sauce...YUM!) for our picnic supper when we went to the state fair. 


 Isaac's favorite part? The tractor "trolley" ride from the car to the gate! He got so upset when we got off and then when we went back out to eat supper, he would dissolve into tears every time it went by and we didn't get on!


 Ferris Wheel!
 (he dumped a cup of water on himself, I promise!)


 Avid reader. Except she said the Boxcar Children mysteries are too scary now, so I think we'll start her on the Little House on the Prairie series.










I made up a game today. The kids kept asking for a name, so I called it "Letter Hop". For Jacob, whatever letter his rock landed on, he had to tell me a word that started with that letter. For Anna, she had to spell the word. They had fun!

Friday, September 17, 2010

Fair Twins


Anna wanted to match today for the fair and she chose the John Deere shirts. Of course I had no trouble convincing Jacob to wear his!! And he loves his JD hat. Anna is quick to point out that she likes John Deere, too! :)

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She's patiently waiting for the rides! She was okay for a while looking at all the equipment, but got tired of it. And she was hot. Then we got to the rides and she didn't want to ride anything!! Jacob wanted to ride the cars (which he LOVED last year), so he got on...the only kid...and did NOT like it. The guy was kind enough to stop the ride and give our tickets back. Crazy kids! So we all rode the Ferris wheel, looked at the animals, and made our way back to the van for supper at Bogey's! The kids were worn out (so were Mom & Dad!), but Jacob still didn't want to leave. He informed us several times that he did NOT like the Ferris wheel. We had a great time. Unfortunately the day we went was probably the hottest day of the week but oh well!

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A fire truck!! The HCC fire school had a fire truck & ambulance there. The kids loved both! They didn't want to get out of the ambulance, which was fine--I sat in the shade for a while! :)

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