Fair + Fall = Fun

Greetings from Givanland:

We have had quite a fun couple of months.  Of course, one of my favorite things of all the Fair occurred in September.  For the second year in a row, I took off the entire week and actually added another half day so I could arrive shortly after the opening on Friday.  The draw was the Budweiser Clydesdale horses.  They were very cool to see.  We didn’t see them hitched up but the next day spent some time in the horse barn watching the draft horse hitching contest.  They were awesome.  Talk about spending hours on hair-those horses had every hair in place!  I’m sure they spend more time for one show than I do in years.  We did several new things this year and I sucked in as many people into them as possible.  For example, Kate and I entered pictures “painted “ by Benny’s buns and Ellie Mae’s tail.  They won  red and white ribbons respectfully.  Another new adventure for us was the Lego Team competition.  It was a whole family plus one adventure and we came home with a red ribbon and a premium check.  Of course, there were always the standards such as the train rides, picking up free stuff, the butter sculpture, people watching and etc.  It’s only 11 months until the next fair-I’ll be there if anyone wants to join me.

We had our second annual Givan Fall festival.  It was a beautiful day for the pumpkin patch, corn maze, apple cider slushes and supper.  I had never done the corn maze so that was a first.  Sure glad Christopher was along to read the map or I might still be there.  The “holiday” tree (so named for getting decorated 4 times a year) is decked out again.  We added a second string of lights this year.  If we add a string every year, maybe in about 5 years we might have enough to cover the entire tree. 

Kate’s birthday celebration was part of our Fall fun.  We had supper out with friends and then ice cream cake and gifts.  Benny gets so excited over presents she can hardly get them open undisturbed.  This year she opened them at Grandma and Grandpa’s so she got to do it all by herself.

To conclude our Fall events, Tim and I dressed up the pooches and took them to see Kate and her friend.  Ellie Mae didn’t mind her costume much but Liza wasn’t impressed.

Happy Fall to all and a few pictures.

At the Fair

At the Fair

Art by Ellie Mae and Benny

Sorting Legos for the Team Competition

Designing and practicing for Lego Competition

Winning Second Place- The Ole Mill

Inside the Ole Mill

My Cinderella Pumpkin

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The Holiday Tree

The unhappy queen

Is this the real porker or is .....



 this the real porker???