Iowa State Fair

This year at the Iowa State Fair,

the bulls showed on Friday and the females on Saturday.

This meant that Steve went up Thursday night and us girls

did not meet them until Saturday morning since Aubrey

had Kindergarten Open House.

DAY 1:

the Kaisand Cattle lineup

Aubrey was excited to see the cows right away

While we were waiting for our cows to show,

we hit up some 4H working exhibits and other attractions.

We had to find a strawberry lemonade shake- up!

Aubrey has a little tradition going of getting a sticker book at the fair

getting them ready for the show 

watching the show

Aunt Andrea showing

Daddy showing

the bull they showed got Reserve Champion on Friday

and then Steve and Andrea showed on Saturday

(Steve on the far right)

After the show, and lack of naps, we did Little Hands on the Farm

with the Palmer kids, Andrea, and Grandma Char

Kaisand farmer girls

the two youngest Kaisand cousins 

getting their vegetables

the cousins enjoying their snack at the end 

always have to hit up the fountain

Avery had to take baby doll Jordan along for the fair fun, too!

the girls had fun helping Daddy cleaning the mats

Aubrey liked to hang out with "Gemstone"

she was pretty proud

Mom gave in and get the girls go all the way into the fountain at night

Yup, they were SOAKED!

We all stayed overnight in the camper.

DAY 2:
We started off the day with church on the Fairgrounds and
then we got to explore the fair some more for the morning.

the historic BUTTER COW

Daddy and his ribbons :)

photo ops :)

being brave with a baby calf :)

the girls and Daddy did go on the BIG SLIDE

but Mommy mostly got it on video

After lunch, we decided to head back to the camper

and take NICE NAPS!

Mommy took the girls the Little Hands

one more time, while everyone was taking down 

and getting ready to go.

bomb pops this time

Waiting and saving our seats for the free concert

HAWK NELSON concert!

IT'S STARTING! HAWK NELSON!

DIAMONDS is a family favorite!!

Singing and dancing the night away!

FABULOUS night!

Aubrey says, "I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight!"

and "I'm never going to forget this night!"

(and it was true, NO ONE fell asleep on the way home and 

didn't get to bed until 11:00)