Ain't Nothing I Know What To Make You Fall In Love Like A Night At The County Fair

It is my personal belief that no summer is complete without a visit to a fair and a rodeo- and it makes it even better when it's a county fair and rodeo! There is something so fun about it all. Shaun and I started going to the Cassia County Fair and Rodeo when we were first married (up where Shaun is from), and we haven't missed it once in the seven years we have been married.

This time we started by going in to see the animals. Shaun's cousins do pigs and sheep for 4-H, and it's always fun to see how their animals turned out. Ryan's favorite were the cows, and Ty is a fan of the pigs. They both balked at the horses- granted they are pretty big when you are so close to the ground, and they both had to take a turn petting the sheep.

Ty likes to help feed the cows.

And Ryan likes to pet them. I know, I know I look like a total stoner in this picture.

This year, Ty was (finally) big enough to go over to the carnival and ride a couple of rides. I have been not so patiently waiting for Ty to get to the point where we can go on the carnival rides since they make Shaun sick just to look at them. I took Ty on the Ferris Wheel and the Dizzy Dragons... I think he's going to be able to be my riding buddy in years to come- I spun the little dragon thing as hard as I could and he came off just laughing!

Here's Ryan surveying the rodeo once we took our seats. I wish I could read their minds- I think that as little kids they get exposed to soo much- I wonder what they think of it all.

Here we all are waiting for the stupid barrel-racing to be over...

We had a lot of fun this year and Shaun succeeded in eating his weight in maple bars this year! Yay!