State Fair

We drove down to Salem and had a super fun day at the State Fair today! We haven't been since Evelyn was 2 and I was pregnant with Matthew.. it was time to head back! Doug's folks met us there and although it was a hot day, we have a very special time together!

 We were here...  :)

We got there right when the fair opened. The kids wanted to ride the rides but since they didn't open until an hour later, we walked around and looked at things, then grabbed Elephant Ears and watched some dance performances.

  Both kids LOVED looking at all the big tractors!

We headed back to the rides, much to the kids' delight, and let them ride a few before it got too hot.

We then grabbed lunch and saw the rest of the fair!

 

 Foot massages... they loved this! :)

 Checking out the miniature salmon run

 It's Smokey the Bear!! Last time we were here Evelyn was totally freaked out by him. 5 years later he isn't so bad! :)

We saw a lot of animals! The kids really enjoyed getting up close to all of them they could and were very gentile and sweet about it!

 There is a picture from the last time we were at the fair with Evelyn hugging this ice cream cone. Matthew just HAD to also get a picture taken with him hugging it. It was to have both of them recreate the photo from 5 years ago!

After hugging the fake ice cream cone, we had to get REAL ice cream! It was so yummy, especially on such a hot day!

 Look.. another tractor! :) They were everywhere!

 Watching glass blowing.. such a skilled art.. it was interesting to watch.

We ended the day with the kids going on one more ride each...

Thankful for such a fun family day together, and the kids have already asked to go back next year!