The Great Minnesota Get Together

Every year, many, many Minnesotans come together for the MN State Fair...a celebration like no other in this great state.  The weather usually rallies so that it is hot, muggy and sticky for a good portion of the 10 days that the fair goes on.

We've taken Lucy the past 2 years, so decided to go again - this time on a weekday when it was (somewhat) less busy.

We decided to take a park and ride bus, which was super exciting to Lucy, who loves buses!  We drank lemonade and ate cheese curds, pet some pigs and cows and goats, took a tour of the "Little Hands" farm where Lucy got to pedal a tiny tractor, watched Princess Kays be carved out of butter and of course, crashed pretty quickly when it was bedtime!

Waiting for the bus to pick us up.

Brief nap in the Dairy Barn while waiting for some ice cream!!

Bucket full of goodies at the Little Hands Farm!

Visiting the mascot from mommy's old work!!

Back on the bus...waving good-bye to the fair for another year!

Vacation to Michigan

Family Pic!!

We've been fortunate enough to have a super fun, super busy summer and get to go to some pretty cool places.  Last week, we spent some time in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with some of my family and then went to my cousin's wedding in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Lucy's favorite parts were playing in the lake, riding the ferry to Mackinac Island, eating Cheez-Its and getting to play with cousins Ashley, Preston and baby Dawson for a whole week.  (Oh and of course dancing at the wedding!)

Skipping Rocks with Daddy into Lake Huron

Another outfit to get full of sand and lake water...

 

Loving the wind on the ferry back from Mackinac

Hiking to the waterfalls

Eating Fritos at Ben and Charissa's wedding