2 County Fairs down…14 to go?

 We had lots of cousins visit us at the fair! Priceless!

While sisters were busy finishing fair projects all week long, Aliya made a colorful lunch. 

The little red wagon was needed to haul in all the projects. The girls' judging took from 10am to 2:30pm!

The wait was worth it! Three Reserve Champions and five Awards of Excellence!

Communication Arts and Performing Arts on Monday.
Fashion Revue on Tuesday...

Swine Show on Friday.

We are delighted in another successful year at the Dakota County Fair and are so thankful to family who make it possible and more fun to take in when they join us! With Aliya beginning as  Cloverbud next year, that means we have 14 more county fairs to go (that doesn't include the State Fair). How did my parents do it?

Summer fun

 I love it that when Derrick asked Aliya to grab a library book to read, the older two immediately snuggled next to them to read along as he read an Arthur book. Madi & Bre have read OVER 2014 pages this summer already. They love reading! I couldn't ask for more!

So much of summer revolves around Madison & Breanne's schedule, so I am so happy to see Aliya have her special things too: T-ball (with Dad as a coach) and violin lessons with Ms. Renee.

What an awesome 1st Base Coach!

One gorgeous summer evening, while picking peas by myself in the garden, I thought, This is dumb. Peas don't really matter. I'll go ask the girls if we can go on a bike ride or something instead. Rounding the front corner of the house, I found this. While they were rollerblading, Breanne had checked the mail and in no time, they were each glued to their Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr. magazines. The roller-blading can wait!