MVF 2012

So like always we did one day of rides, one day of animals and a day of shows!  It is just some small town fun that we love to do!

 One of the best things about the fair is ice cold fresh lemonade!

 This was the kids favorite ride this year!  We rode it so many times! It was hard because I had to go down with MJ or Bryn so they had to trade every other one! Every time JJ and I raced and she beat me every single time!

 The girls wanted to ride a camel this year instead of the ponies!

 These are my loves! Miss J is the best little mommy ever!  Sometimes she just takes control and says "Ok guys it's time to hold hands!"  I love when they are all getting along!

 B man decided on the Ponies!

 He wanted to be like a Cowboy!  It was pretty awesome.

 The concerts this year weren't quite the line up I hoped for but ended up being really good! We saw the Band Perry, Billy Currington, Brantley Gilbert and Montgomery Gentry (WHO WAS AWESOME!)

 Bryn suckered Grandpa into carring her everywhere!

 At the penguin dive show which you would think would be lame right, nope they were really entertaining!

 My mom is up for re-election so I gotta support the cause! She is an amazing woman who has done a lot of good for Scott County.

 JJ and Mj wanted to bring home a cow so bad, really we should live on a farm!

The last night at Montgomery Gentry with cousin Anna Banana

 Family is so much fun to have around especially this guy!  He is a crack up! (My Uncle Steve)

 Grandpa HATES paying money for games and we have never done it before because he hates them that much....this year he got suckered into it!  He is such a good guy!

 We spent a lot of time feeding the animals, the kids just eat it up.

 Crazy Tree Man... Weird but cool.

The fair is one of my favorite Summer activities because I love going to my Aunts house and hanging out before we walk over.  She always has yummy goodies and coolers full of drinks and most of the family is usually on her porch hanging out!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE being with them, I have been so blessed to have all of them in my life and they all love my kids so much. I love doing things that are a routine, so like every year my kids know that Grandpa will take them to the Fair.  It just creates such fun memories for them!  I am especially thankful that even tough my step dad was super busy with work and his church callings he took time off to hang with me and the kids.  Seriously we are so blessed with family, not only on my side but with all of Marks family too!

Mallow Bits

Our kind neighbor works for Kraft and is always hooking us up with treats!  His favorite thing to give us are Mallow bits, they are like a package of the marshmallows found in Lucky Charms! Needless to say the kids love them and seriously hog them down!  Even if they get spilled none go to waste as miss B shows us!

Dinner at the Neighbors

Our neighbors had us over for dinner and for dessert we made smores which of course the kiddos loved!  Brecken loves to play with fire and bryn loves to get messy!  Jaylee is in adult mode where she likes to talk with the girls!

A Small Tour

Ok so a few people have asked for pictures, here are a few of the upstairs. 

This is my favorite room as of now, because its the closest to being "done" their is one big wall that we have been undecided on which is driving me crazy.

 My room, that has yet to get anything hung up, ugh.

 My favorite thing...The shower, it has 8 shower heads and two controls, so Mark can continue taking his cold showers and I can burn my skin off! I love it.

 I also didn't realize how much I love having two sinks, it's heavenly not to have to push people out of the way to use the sink.

 Laundry area, on the opposite wall their is a huge closet.

 Little mud room area, it was the perfect place to display the kids artwork.

 I have so many cabinets that not all of them are even filled!  Who would have thought that was  even possible!

 Melanie and my masterpiece of resusing all the old junk that I love, like the window and the milk can and the frame.  I have such a weird style of old and new and this was so fun to mix it together.  I couldn't had done it without her!

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That's it for now, more pics to come later, much later! Especially because Mark is making the basement family room into his man cave where he says he is putting deer heads...hmmm we will have to see about that business!  But the basement has another bedroom, a room that has no windows that is now a play room, family room, bathroom and storage.  To think this was the house that we hated! and Thought oh we will just go look at because we are in the area!