Thursday, August 12, 2010

The summer fun continues!

The last official day of summer break we went to the Indianapolis State Fair. It was SO HOT (our car said 103 degrees)!!! Regardless, we managed to have a good time and only spent $28 - that was the best part (aside from the fried cookie dough - my new favorite fair food)! Brianna especially liked the pigs this year - they even let the kids go inside their fenced in area. Brianna is my little farm girl - she said, "I'm really a fan of the pigs!" So cute! The next day they both had the stomach flu... Brayden showing off his basket of veggies at The Little Hands on the Farm!
Brianna picking a green apple!



Gotta love Brayden's presentation of his sister:)


Here are some more pics from our time at Crooked Lake! We had so many great memories up there this summer! Here are the kids outside of Club Paradise (great menu)!




After getting the boat in better shape we went and bought a tube. (Our friends, the Clodfelters were able to come and enjoy some tubing with us.)
At first Brianna was a little nervous about the whole thing but soon she had the signals down and was her typical daredevil self - trying out different positions and asking us to go faster (thumbs up)!





We started out seeing 2 swans this summer and the number kept multiplying. Here are 5 of the swans we decided to feed - thankfully they didn't get aggressive... They really were very pretty swimming by around sunset each night!




We got Gary into tubing! He's becoming a pro!








Here's a picture of me and Brianna (I really don't enjoy riding this way - I'm glad she learned to go by herself!)





Brayden would tube all day if you let him!












Brianna and Brayden sitting in their favorite spot on the boat! I think this was taken while Gary did some "fishing"!










One week the Steuben County Fair was going on (just walking distance from the cottage). It was so cheap to get in and the animals were very entertaining! Looks like my mom wants to kiss the pig! I think this is where Brianna gets it from!











I'm not really sure what this cow was doing to my mom's arm - or why she was letting it - but it was hilarious! It just kept doing this for several minutes!








We had to take a pic of this crazy looking bunny!











This was my favorite bunny - I love the eyeliner look! I wanted to bring it home with me;)









The kids posing for a pic outside one of the barns:











Aunt Alli with Brayden on their pontoon (and Alivia):




Uncle Ryan letting wild Brianna drive his boat!


















1 comment:

punkinmama said...

Oh no, they got the swine flu! :D

Ha, had to be said!

But seriously, glad it wasn't too bad and Brayden was able to make it to school for Day 2!