Chocolate and a Fair-ly Good Evening

Thursday was a full day. Our wonderful friend, Krissie, was in town for 24 hours so we got to hang out with her for 2 of those precious hours. We went and played at a park then she treated the kids to chocolate covered marshmallows at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. YUM!

She promised us that if we came out to visit her in San Diego that there would be more chocolate...I really think the Palmers need to plan a trip that goes through Phoenix to see the Blegers, on to San Diego to see Krissie and her husband Eric, up through LA to visit the Danquahs and then up further to San Francisco to see the Waters. So may people to see! I'll have to see if they'll all give us chocolate as a reward ;)

Anyway, after naps we headed to the county fair with some friends (Mark had worship practice...it would've been a good FF event but it was wonderful Thursday night event instead).

They ate giant corn dogs.
They got free balloons (a very hot item amongst all the children at the fair)
They saw furry rabbits (this is an Angora that we weren't allowed to touch...torture!)They posed for the camera...but not at the same time.They got to pet a chicken (that's Jack's little buddy Norah)They saw goats, turkeys, cows, pigs, chickens, roosters, rabbits...And they shared cotton candy flavored shaved ice!And I laughed at the typical carnival food stand. Just take a moment to see what they sell here....And the cheesecake? Yeah it's on a stick...Ahhhh....it was a fun Thursday indeed.

600

Wow. Blogger told me that this is my 600th post. How is that even possible? I mean I missed 100, 200, 300, 400 and even 500 but I am aware of 600? Well I wish I had an incredible, insightful and even funny post to celebrate the fact that I've had enough things to talk about 599 other times but I'm afraid not.

Just the Fair. That's all. :)And the pictures aren't that impressive but they do remind me a lot of the last time we went to the Fair. I didn't realize it had been as long as it had. It was 2 summers ago. I was prego with Jack. Kate was in the same stroller that we carted Jack around in today. I am so thankful for this stroller. He is comfortable in it and he actually stayed in it and looked intently at everything. No need to chase Jack around today! Hallelujah! We got popcorn from the Republicans again. Looked at quilts and pies and even some fabulous photos that my friend Kim took and entered. She won 1st and 2nd place I think! Go Kim! We looked at rabbits, sheep, chickens, quail eggs (some were hatching even), turkeys, goats, pigs, cows, ducks, geese, and lots of people. We smelled lots of poo, heard lots of barnyard noises, laughed at pig chubbies (that was the only way we could get Kale to walk near the smelly pigs - make fun of their backsides....whatever works is our motto sometimes) and then watched pigs run around the pen during one of the judging competitions. Have you ever seen a pig run? Quite comical actually.We came home and crashed. So nice.

Mark is preaching tomorrow. Our pastor is on a sabbatical so the staff is taking turns preaching. Mark hasn't preached in a while. Thankfully he has very talented people to lead worship so he doesn't have to do both.

That's about it for ole' 600. Not much else to fill you in on. Sorry it was so anti-climactic!