Deerfield Fair 2006 version...

Well, we went to the Deerfield Fair yesterday. I think that in all my life since living up here I have been every year with the exception of last year. (BUT the rest of my family went and I think that made up for my absence!) And let's just say that I have lived here for 28 years. (is that really right Dad?)

We take the kids out of school, I did ask one of the "in charge" people at school what I should write on the absent slip...He said "The Deerfield Flu of course" hmmmm...Sounds pretty good to me!

So, what so we do at the fair you may ask...Well Uncle Mike bought the kids arm bands for the rides yesterday. That gave them access to all the rides for about 5 hours. It was fun but I don't think we will do that again, we spent too much time on the midway and not enough time looking at all the great things. OH well live and learn right? The kids did have a blast on the rides!

We went to the pig scramble. Now that is fun to watch especially when your child is drawn for the lottery! :) YEP!! They called Betsy IN THE POURING RAIN...Well not really. It started to rain just when we got to the swine barn. We kept under cover and waited a bit, they called her and Phil and I went out to watch...She did great. That piglet didn't stand a chance! Well, the 3 minutes was up and there were still 2 piglets left so we waited. A big storm came through so we stayed in the smelly barn for a bit (10 or 15 minutes.) We had to wait for the next 2 names to be called, Betsy brought a friend with her he hadn't been to the fair since he was 4 of so. Well, you guesses it HIS NAME WAS CALLED TOO! So out he went in the wet arena for his chance at a piglet! And he bagged it right off! WAY TO GO!

We did the fair looked at fun things bumped into a lot of people! You know the ones you see only when you are at the fair! I even bumped into an old classmate. It was fun catching up with him while our kids were on the rides!

We ate GREAT fair food! You know the kind that you can only handle once a year! :) No one left hungry or lacking any of the fair experience.

When it was time to leave at 10:00 PM (with 8 kids!) We needed to get the piglets. hmmm...Imagine 2 bagged piglets in the back of the excursion! kinda smelly! Phil cleaned it out today! Thanks Honey!

and don't count how many kids and piglets were in the car. I think we must have looked like the circus!

All in all it was another great year at the Deerfield Fair! I will get some pictures up asap. My camera didn't get any of the scramble. So I will have to wait for Phils.

CAN YOU WAIT FOR IT?? :)

Bye for now!