Eastern Idaho State Fair

As the twins arrival gets closer, Andrew and I have been making sure to spend lots of quality time with Rebekah; whether it be going out to dinner, taking her out for a treat, reading lots of books or going to the park we want to make sure she knows how much we love and treasure her, especially since the twins are going to demand a lot of our time and energy when they're born. 

A couple weeks ago, we were able to take Rebekah to the Eastern Idaho State Fair and she had a blast! She loved walking around the petting zoo, playing in the little sand box full of corn kernels and driving the little toy cars around. We also had a lot of fun, and even had the chance to get some yummy Reed's Dairy ice cream.

 

Andrew tried his hand at a few of the fair games, and I never realized how rigged the fair was; the workers running the booths talk so fast so they lure you into playing their games, which are a complete ripoff and the prizes are nearly impossible to win. 

 Andrew tried playing this Thor Hammer's game, only to be made fun of by the sassy old man running the booth for not hitting the target hard enough. No, but really the old man was pretty sweet he gave Rebekah a little tiger for free and a inflatable baseball bat.

 

Sadly, Rebekah didn't keep her tiger that long. We started walking around the fair again and got pulled into playing a different game.  The guy running this booth wasn't as nice because he would only give Rebekah a prize if we traded her tiger in, which we did. And, it worked out too because now Rebekah has this adorable little doggie that she loves to pieces.

 

 As we were heading to the petting zoo, we found this cute little play area for toddlers. Rebekah loved playing with the corn, rocking horses and getting her picture taken with the cows. 

After Rebekah had some time to unwind and play we headed over to the petting zoo. She sure loved being able to play with all the different animals, especially the sheep. 

 

 

This adorable baby horse was less than a week old when we went to the fair. Rebekah was so excited to see the baby horsie.

We also saw some pretty gigantic milking cows at the fair, and some pretty impressive pumpkins. The pumpkin that won first place weighed 684 pounds, talk about a lot of pumpkin pie! 

The fair had a lot of really cool booths and displays set up in warehouses. We walked around a crafting display and I was in complete awe at the raw amount of talent people had, especially when it came to the cake decorating portion. 

 

We also found a set of creepy clowns as we were walking through the crafting display warehouse. I don't think I'd survive knowing one of these clown dolls was in my house, or even on my block for that matter.

After walking around for a little while longer we found another play area for Rebekah to stretch her legs. We let her play for a while because we were planning on meeting up with some friends, but that didn't work out so we got ice cream and Olive Garden instead.