County Fair

We decided to go to the county fair. We haven't been for a while so I thought it would be fun to check it out.

At one of the booths they were talking about road safety, they had all this stuff you could dress up in and then drive their trucks. Tyson looks so cute all dressed up.

We as parents made the costly mistake(only because we are week at saying no and there is a lot of kid left in us)

of walking down the carnival game row. We got talked into shelling out a few dollars for some games. I am hoping that it bought our kids some good memories. Plus we all had some fun.
Even Doug had to get in on the games. Here he is shooting the BB guns

Then Nick needed a turn to shoot the gun.
The object is to shoot the star completly out of the paper. Nice try boys!

Then all the kids had to roll the balls and try to make their car win the race

(The benifit of only your kids playing is that at least on of them has to win).

Look at all that loot!!!

This is what we walked away with after our expensive walk down carnival game row.

Rides
You really can't go the county fair without riding a few rides.

Lacey and Tyson on the boats!

Nick and Zack ready to go on some big whirly ride.

And then the gravitron. I remember going on this ride when I was little I loved it.

Nick it a real thrill seaker on rides just like I used to be when I was his age.

Zack just doesn't have the stomach for it.

(look at his face in this picture as he is getting off the ride)
It took him a little while to recover.

You also have to race down the giant slide

Demolition Derby
To end our fair experience we went to the Demolition Derby. All of the Paulson family that lives close by came. It was the first time most of us have ever been to a demoliton derby. We did not know what to expect. They really like to cram you into the benches, so we all got to sit nice and close to one another. Here is a shot of the whole family. (we missed you Clint, Mindy and girls)

So if you have never been to a demoliton derby here is how it works. They put about 10 cars in a arena and then they crash into each other. It's great cars start on fire, they get stuck together and all sorts of crazy stuff. The last 3 cars that can still drive advance to the next round. Then they have the final round where all the cars that advanced go until one car is standing and that is the Winner!

Here is our little faimly with the arena in the background.

(the only bad part is that between the rounds they have to clean the arena and tow off all the dead cars, this takes like 20 minutes so there is a lot of waiting)

Some up close excitment!

After the derby was over. We got to go down on the arena and see some of the cars up close.

Nick and Zack checking out the cars.

We had tons of fun and hope to see everyone there next year.

(we heard they are going to try and crash old buses and tractors, we'll see)