Vacation Day 1 & 2

We had a very fun, very random vacation this past week - I took about 300 pictures, can we say obsessive? My good friend Stacy welcomed us into their home for the first two nights, and we had so much fun!

We went to the county fair in Big Piney Wyoming on Saturday. They had a large petting zoo which all of the kids just loved! Grace petting the baby goat-

Watusi - whats a watusi? That big huge cow thing, with horns that spanned 6 feet! Wow. Max got to brush a cow, and he thought that was so cool!

They feed goats and sheep and a donkey.

Those goats could spot a sucker from a mile away!

The kids got balloon animals, or in Max's case a sword, Grace got a butterfly and you'll have to ask Mike what he got- I just can't remember...;) The balloon guy was quite funny- but the hypnotist we saw was a riot. The balloon's kept popping when they touched the grass, or the bleachers, or were being help perfectly still. He asked the balloon guy if he bought them at the dollar store.

He was pretty funny to watch, one kid was under and he told him when he woke up he would think he was in Mexico and was going to be really mad at him. They would get in a shoot out and he would lose. When the boy woke up the hypnotist asked him why he was so mad and the boy, in a perfect Mexican accent said, "You stole my burrito!" We laughed so hard! He was so serious- he proceeded to tell him he got the burrito at Taco Bell.

The kid in the orange shirt was so funny to watch- I found out later he was actually too young, they wanted 12 or older and I think he was like 10, but he was hard core. He was so animated and hyper.

Grace insisted she was going to ride the pony. Almost everything was free, but the ponies were $5 a piece, which isn't a big deal but Grace could have, and wanted to just keep riding all day long. It made them smile, and that was worth it.

If the ponies cost $5, how much were the camels going to cost? Nothing, they were free! Seemed a bit backwards to me, but what the heck. Grace rode with my friend Stacy's daughter Ally - Grace loves Alley - they played so cute together for 2 straight days.

Max rode with Stacy's boys, Trevor and Jacob. Jacob was a hoot, he was like the big brother Max will never have. They teased, ran, laughed, and teased some more the entire time they were together, I loved it!

They had a sand castle sculpturer creating while we were there. It was amazing to watch, he made it look so easy and the castle was very detailed.

The local school's science department was there with robotic vehicles that the kids could race, you really should click on this picture to make it bigger,the smile on Grace's face is genuine - she loved it. The science teacher took a lot of time teaching her how to control the robot and then she went to town.

They also let Grace drive the big robot - the one they had spent all last year creating in their classes - she basically tried to run Mike and I down - I had to jump out of the way and what did Grace do - laughed. Watch out when this girl gets behind the wheel!

Other than the fact that I forgot to bring sunscreen - and it was a very warm day - I had such a fun time at my good friends house - we met in 1997 at Jacob Lake and have been friends ever since - thanks Stac- for lending us a bedroom, feeding us and putting up with all of us! We also played a new game to us - Farkle, and we learned girls rule!