An evening at the Idaho State Fair

Friday Night was opening night for the Idaho State Fair, since Hannah was in AZ with Katherine, Darryl and Ada, we decided to take the rest of the YA-hoos out for an adventure! Who doesn't love a good fair? Great people watching, greasy food, carnies and animals covered with poop! WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE??

Ruby's first priority was to get her beautiful face painted! She chose a lovely butterfly, hot pink, of course! Then her lovely personal designer, chose this great hair-do! She looked awesome and got loads of attention, she loved it!

John and Kirk were just happy to be there! We filled our bellies with a typical fair dinner (grease and grime), and then we were off to explore the fairgrounds! None of us had ever seen a horse race before, so of course we had to watch! Mom and Dad wanted to check it out, it was fun! Dad and John were most impressed! Kirk was dying to check out the jeeps on the 4X4 course and Ruby wanted to feed the animals in the petting zoo, but they politely waited for the eternally long (60 second) horse race to end. While Dad and Kirk hit the manly 4X4 demonstration, I took Ruby and John to the petting zoo, I thought John would love it and he did... until the goats got too close, then the tucked up his legs, arms and toes and SCREAMED!

After that, we quickly said hello to each animal (while holding our legs and all 10 toes) and went about our business! Ruby was not pleased, but she was a trooper! After checking out all the booths and exhibits, and really seeing all that there was to see, we passed a mechanical bull ride. Kirk looked mildly interested so we stopped to check it out. He studied two riders and then was ready to go! The National Bull Riders Association might bust down our door, KIRK WAS AWESOME!! CHECK HIM OUT!!

He even waved his hat in the air! GO KIRKIE!!

To end our evening, Ruby went on a pony ride, poor John was so traumatized from the feeding/petting area, he just barely would peak out of his stroller. Sorry John, hope you will forgive me!