Twenty-first Passage

We took our family to the Canyon County fair last weekend. It was hot, water was pricey (we didn't think to bring our own) and the kids were often whiny.
They liked the 4H animals. Most of them complained about the corndogs we all got. (Which was like, $30 just for our family for one corndog each!!)
We watched a magic show. That was fun , though I wonder if most of the kids really understood how cool it should seem.
At the carnival side, we let the kids have $5 bucks each to do with as they wanted. Morgan and William got to ride two rides. They had a hard time picking, but ended up doing the Fun House and a big slide.

Here's William. He said that at first, going down the slide, he was going to cry. But then he didn't.

And here's Morgan.

 

We put Owen and Lydia on this little ride. Owen scowled the WHOLE time. In the picture he's half-heartedly playing with the gun on the plane, but that was rare. He was kind of a grouch the whole day. 

  Lydia had fun though. She spent most of the time trying to find those of us saying "hi" to her, and getting excited when she saw us.

Owen and Lydia also did a little kids game, prize every time, where they just pick a floating rubber ducky in a pool, and get the size prize of whatever letter was on the bottom of the duck. They were just the little blow up pool toy type things, but the kids liked them. 

We were so ready to be done and in the air conditioned car, and where there was plenty of water. We spent about $10 on drinks while there, but it was not close to enough.