Montgomery County Fair

We submitted our cookies to the fair on Friday, and then returned to find out the results on Monday. The four of us girls were so excited to have a full day at the fair!  

We caught a school bus from the mall parking lot to the fairgrounds to save $10 in parking.   It turned out it was a double win; the girls were super excited to be riding on a school bus!  Jillian and Faith sat on one seat.

 Anna and I sat on another seat together!  

We made it to the  fair in no time at all.  I captured a photo of all three of my girls with their tickets at the entrance to the fair!

At the entrance, we met a very nice man who suggested we take a FREE tractor around the fairgrounds.

It was a great way to get an introduction to the fairgrounds.

We saw some cows,

sheep,

barns, 

and ponies too! 

Then we could wait no longer and we hurried to get a peak at our baked goods! 

Our Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl cookies won 2nd place!

Our Snickerdoodles Delight cookies won a first place ribbon! Can you see how excited Jillian was?

Just to show that our blue and red ribbons were legit, I snapped a photo of some other place ribbons too! :-)

Our friend Micki submitted two prairie dresses and three bonnets that she made for the girls in three different categories! They all won 1st place ribbons!  

Our friend won many more ribbons in addition to these ribbons, and even won "Homemaker of the Year" award for all of her work!  Go Micki!!! 

After the excitement of finding out that we won :-), we enjoyed Puppetone Rockers in the children's section.  Also, while in the kids section, the girls submitted their reading lists for the summer and won a free drink, free ice-cream cone, and a free ride at the fair.  

We used our coupons for free lemonades from the Big Cheese! I bought us a grilled cheese sandwich as a little snack too! It was super yummy!

Then the girls and I went to the ice-cream shop to get the girls their FREE ice-cream cone.  I wanted to support and thank their business for their generosity, so I bought myself an ice-cream cone too!  Wasn't that sweet of me?   ;-)

While we were at the ice-cream shop, we ran into our friend Micki and she told me about one of her favorite fair shows....

The Magic of Agriculture!  

We sat with Micki and her kids for the show.  It was a very entertaining show...

we laughed at his funny antics,

and nearly cried too.  I felt so badly for him when his massive balloon accidentally popped, but thankfully he had another balloon, so we got to be entertained all over again! :-)

Then, we went in search of the perfect ride for each of the girls! Jillian chose Vertigo. 

We had great timing; we didn't have to wait in any line! Not only that, she got seated by a very sweet girl.  They immediately started talking with one another.

They both even smiled for my camera! 

In this photo, Jillian is in the seat to the immediate right of the yellow tower.

She loved every minute of the ride and was very pleased with her choice.  (In this photo, she is two seats to the left of the yellow tower!) 

Then Faith and Anna found a fun helicopter ride that they wanted to ride.

Faith most definitely could have handled a "scarier" ride than the helicopter, but she was very happy to take care of her little sister. (She is super nurturing and is my little mother hen.)

Anna was very excited to fly up in the air! 

My little helicopter pilots flew in a yellow helicopter!  

Then we took the bus to go back to the parking lot! It was a fun, memorable day at the fair!