While we ate, we ended up sitting next to a tent where they had different performances. We were fortunate to get to see the belly dancers . . . the modest belly dancers. It was DEFINITELY entertaining, but also a bit embarrassing to watch. I swear one of the ladies was in her forties and swaying and swinging those hips around. She even got down in the crowd to make it more exciting. I honestly had to work really hard to not bust out laughing.
After our wonderful entertainment, we headed into a building to look at the animals. It's just fun looking at all the different animals. Of course we saw the typical horses, cows, sheep, bunnies, chickens, roosters, and so forth. This is the best shot we got of the group. It included: Courtney, Cadence, Barbara, Ally, Max, Andrea, Cynthia, Madison, Ryan, Shelby, Taylor, Payden, Declan, Tom, and me.
We'd bought some discounted ride tickets and headed over to go ride the rides. I try really hard to make my kids try things. They all enjoyed this although Shelby didn't like being pushed outward and definitely was not going to raise her hands no matter how hard we tried to get her to do it.
This was Cadence and Payden's ship, "Ghost Ship":
This was Taylor's and Shelby's ship, "Scallywag":
While we walked to the next ride, Payden decided she'd rather put her sunglasses here:
Of course no fair is complete without a ride on the merry-go-round.
Shelby was off on her own because she had to sit on THE pretty horse.
The next ride was this boat one. The lady told them that if you chose to splash her, then she'd get you back. The way she said it was to entice them to splash her. Of course my girls didn't, but that was right up Cadence's alley. As soon as she started getting near the lady, you could tell she was going to splash her. The lady would splash her right back and they had a blast. It was funny to watch, but definitely so Cadence.
Taylor loved driving and ringing the bell.
After going around a bit, Shelby finally got brave enough to just touch the water. Haha . . . that's our Shelby. Very timid and cautious. She has to think about everything.
The girls definitely had a good time.
With our tickets about used up, we hunted to find one last ride. We found this slide WAY in the back. It was actually hard to see and get to, so I think the guy didn't get a lot of people coming his way. That was good for us because he decided to let us go again and again while only paying for one ride.
The kids had a blast. The three big kids took the three youngest on the first ride.
Shelby followed behind. She looked so lonely.
Since we had free reign, Tom decided to go up next.
Somehow, Shelby ended up coming down alone again.
We couldn't resist one last ride.
They really loved this, and I was glad to see Shelby being so brave. Next to the slide was a big grassy area, where we stood around deciding what to do next. We put Declan in the grass, which he did not appreciate at all. Apparently he does not like the feel of grass.
This turned out to be a good thing because we were able to get him to walk around because he preferred as little contact as possible with the grass. Since he hates trying to walk and especially hates holding someone's hand to walk, this allowed us to get him to practice his walking for quite some time without him screaming in protest or dropping his weight to get down on the floor and crawl.
While the adults talked, the kids sat down to rest.
It really had been a HOT day as you can see . . .
They were tired and ready to be done, so we headed home. I love going to fairs. This was especially nice because there were hardly any people. I keep going to places expecting to see the crowds like we did in San Antonio, but fortunately the entire Wasatch Front is about the same population as the San Antonio area, so we just don't see the huge city crowds. Love it!!
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