A Taste of Heaven in 2007

That's the theme to this years Box Elder County Fair (although I just learned that while walking through the exhibits today). The fair has been a tradition in my family for quite some time. We've all shown animals, entered cookies, veggies, sewing, and any possible craft that we made during the year in hopes of earning a blue ribbon, which in turn earned us some money! This year (and last) my dad is the one showing of his skills. My dad's business, B&M Boot Repair, is selling coats, scarves, vests & also the canvas bed rolls that he makes. He's done really well the first two days and I'm sure he will continue to do well through the end of the fair.

Me & the little boys (and my mom) drove up to Honeyville on Tuesday. My mom had been down here in Spanish Fork helping Jess(ica) move in to our house. That's right...she's officially moved in and has completed her first two days of college! We are sure excited to have her here...Lucas adores her.

Wednesday was the opening day of the fair. We had originally talked ourselves out of going to the parade and we should have kept with that decision. It started raining with lightning and thunder. Lucas does not like thunder! We watched enough of the parade to see the flag go by (a total of 3 entries) and then decided to leave. Lucky for Kody...he had a nice stroller and car seat to keep him dry...the rest of us were pretty wet! My parents have their camp trailer out at the fairgrounds so we camped in it until it stopped raining.

I wanted to take Lucas on a couple of rides since they are cheaper on Wednesday night. He had a blast and even wanted to ride the caterpillar (see post). Although, I would not let him! For the first ride he wanted the horses. The second ride, we settled for the very mellow train. He was smiling from ear to ear the entire time.

Grams & Lucas hanging out at the booth.

Today we spent a few hours out there before heading back home. Kody spent most of the fair asleep!

We are going down to Jed's cabin for the Beatty Family Reunion on Saturday. Tomorrow night is Jed's work party and he's pretty pumped about winning some prizes!