Clay County Fair

We made the SUPER FAST trip up to NWI

to head to the Clay County Fair in Spencer this weekend.

(52 hours gone, 12 hours driving, 16 hours sleeping, leaving 24 hours spent with the family)

Saturday morning we quick stopped at the Wynias

to play with cousins

Weston and Avery enjoying a "nack"

big kids eating a snack on the steps

meeting Boden 

We (me, Aubrey, Avery, Mom and Dad VG)

drove together to get to the 12:30 show at the Fair

Steve showing "Sweet Shot" -

she got Reserve Divison

Aubrey "taking her hand" at pics

That's better :)

Grandpa Craig and Daddy showing some more

with the girls looking onward and cheering!

All 5 getting ready to go in for "Best of Five" group class

Aahhhh, there I go!

I should have been way closer to Steve...oops :)

All lined up :)

SMILE, everyone!

family photo op - with "Cherry's Thunder"

Aubrey being brave, showing Uncle Josh and Weston

After the show, Aubrey GOT TO WASH THE CALVES!

and scrub them

"I gotta get underneath them, too!" :)

Of course, she needed to puddle jump

combing them

"Thanks for letting me help, Daddy!"

walking around the Fairgrounds with the little runaway-

she disappeared about 3 times where we didnt know where she was for a minute or two

Avery, Aubrey, Weston checking out the equipment

inside the HUGE TIRE

WOW! Big and new (and expensive, $540,000!)

Aubrey posing without prompting

and Grandpa VG joined right in :)

Mommy, Aubrey and Grandma VG

These horses were a HOOT!

They had roller blade wheels

and moved by just jumping up and down.

Even Avery figured it out within a minute :)

(and threw an expected royal fit when taken off)

down the slide with everyone (on the left)

silly girls!

checking out the mowers together

Avery and Weston

such a GORGEOUS night to be walking and running around!

Sunday - now SEVEN Van Grouw grandchildren on the couch

Camryn, Aubrey, Gavin, Avery, Jaelyn, Weston, Boden 

all the littles checking out the littlest with Grandma 

Officially meeting and holding Boden 

pitstop on the way home to play on the dino at Sinclair gas station

This sticker book (that we got from the fair)

entertained her, seriously, for 3 1/2 hours!

And Avery spent most of her 5 hours likes this :)