Western Fair

Today was a bit of a last minute decision. We usually go to the Western fair every few years with the kids, but we weren't planning on it this year. Then, Travis went away for the weekend with a friend and phoned to ask if he could go with Nick to the fair. I knew when the other kids found out they'd (Kaitlin) would be very upset. With today being the last day of the fair it was a little less expensive with the two for one ride deals. But of course the kids loved seeing all the animals and that was a big highlight for them. I thought Kaitlin and Dawson would go on some rides, but they were both too nervous to try many. Kortney went on the carousel and I asked Kaitlin to go with her. Kaitlin was NOT impressed and really didn't want to. But she didn't want to try to many others either. Instead everyone wanted to play games...I tried to explain to them that some of these games that look easy are set up to be very hard. Well, Dawson of course thinks he can do anything, so we lost a bit of money on games, but did win a few more stuffed animals (just what they needed!)

Here is Dawson and Kaitlin driving jeeps around which they thought was fun.
There were three different show to see at the fair which were all great to see. The first one we saw was a bird of prey show. We got to see a bunch of birds up close and watch them fly over the crowd. Of course the highlight was when a hawk pooped on a lady in the audience!

The second show we watched was a reptile show. We got to see crocodiles, alligators, turtles and snakes!
Here's Dawson and Kortney at the petting zoo with a wandering donkey!
and a goat!
Kaitlin loved playing this game, although we didn't win. It was very tricky. It was hard not to keep trying when she was so close, but we finally gave up.
Kortney made a mask at a craft table.
The best show of the day was the supper dogs. They were amazing and we loved it!
Here one of the dogs is on the guys back.

walking on his back legs.
Jumping rope!
Walking on his front legs.
If you look close you can see this dog is balancing on his front legs on the guys hand!
At the end of the day the kids got to make bird houses to take home. It took a while, but in the end we left with three new houses for our birds at home.