Texas State Fair

On Saturday morning, we woke up to find it pouring and all our sports games cancelled. So, what would any logical family do? Of course, spend all day outside at the fair! Never mind the rain! Our day at the fair turned out to be awesome. No crowds, no lines, we got in free, and they were practically giving the kids prizes away for any game they would play! Plus.....free ponchos, which seriously were a lifesaver. Here's our day at the fair.

The kids and me sporting our stylin' ponchos. We tied up the back for Brooke and it made her look like she had a tail. It was so cute :)

The boys had to hit the hammer and make the bell ring. They got to try it as many times as they wanted to.

And, look at the lovely prizes they picked out. Gigantic swords which they proceeded to fight each other with immediately. The rest of the day, I was constantly saying, "Watch where you're walking with the sword...you just hit that person..."

It was hard to time this picture....the boys are laying on their stomachs on the handglider ride. They were the only ones on it.

Here we are in the greenhouse which had a cool model train exhibit.

The family in front of Big Tex!

We went to check out the car show (for Uncle Ben) and it was pretty cool! The kids loved sitting in all the new cars and I even changed Brooke's diaper in the back of one a Cadillac Escalade that was kind of in a corner.
No one saw me and I figured...what the heck?

The state fair is known for it's fried foods....Jason tried the Fried Frito Pie which won an award for the best new item this year. I tried it..it just tasted like chili in a frito. It was good! Then, Jason and I split the fried cookie dough. Oh my gosh-that was delicious! There were so many choices....

Brooke's favorite...the petting zoo. She loved this! Here she is saying hello to a cow.

Drew is keeping one eye on the cow....and I don't know what that guy in the back is looking at. Weird.

Farmer Jackson!

Brooke didn't use a scoop to feed the animals like her brothers, she simply used her hands. No fear!

We spotted Scooby walking around and the boys thought they were too big to get their picture taken with him, but not Jason! He grabbed Brooke and posed with Sccoby.

As you can see, the sun came out and we were able to leave our ponchos behind. Here is Drew waiting for the bird show to start. Our last stop of the day.

I had to get the big ferris wheel in the background. Jason and Drew went on it and loved it. They said it was their highlight of the day. The bird show was great too!

The day turned out to be one of the best and the kids were asking if we could go back next week. We told them not for another year. On the way home, we heard Jackson tell Drew "I can't wait til next year!" What fun memories of their first Texas State Fair!