Texas State Fair

Well, I am recovering from entertaining all last week. We all really enjoyed the 'Holland people' - as the kids affectionately called our family visiting from the Netherlands. We had a houseful - Oma, Opa, Tanta (aunt) Jose', Oom (uncle) Hans, Tanta Toos, Oom Harry, and Jenine. I have some pics from the week and stories, but tonight I want to share what we did on Sunday.

We made a visit to the Texas State Fair. It is said that everything is bigger in Texas, and the State Fair is no exception. We only were there an afternoon, but we could go back a couple more times and we would probably still miss something. We saw Big Tex - the cowboy mascot of the fair. We rode the Skyway - which was pretty cool to see the fair from a bird's eye view. We saw a BMX bike show, a diving pirate show, climbed on tractors, fed some animals, and the kids pretended to be a farmers for a little while. I even got to sample this year's winner for best tasting fried food newcomer - fried frito pie. I wasn't disappointed.

Big Tex.

 Petting zoo.

Ford's interactive robot at the auto show.

 Skyway ride.

The kids got to do a couple of rides, but everything gets expensive after a while. After the BMX show, Ian gave up and decided to use Daddy's shoulder as a pillow. It was then that we decided to go home. We were all pretty tired after being at the fair for 4 hours.