NC State Fair

When it comes to the State Fair I have always been a little indifferent. However, when a friend suggested we go this year I thought," why not?" I am glad I did because we had a great time. 

Because, really, how bad of a time can you have eating fried dough covered in powdered sugar on a 65 degree day with bright Carolina blue skies?

And with the exception of the 3.5 minutes I spent on a hideous ride called The Orbiter, it was a nice way to spend a couple of hours NOT thinking about the 20 years worth of savings that went "poof" in a matter of days.

Plus, it was a great excuse to whip out the new camera :)

Heidi waving from the Ferris Wheel


Amy and I getting ready to hit the Tilt-A-Whirl (my FAVORITE ride!)

Put your hands in the air, oh yeah....

Heidi and I smiling despite the fact that we just

blew six bucks on one of those stupid water pistol games (and I say stupid because we both lost!)

Pumpkin Pleasure

We made the standard October trek to the pumpkin farm today. We had never been to Ganyard Hill Farm before but we really enjoyed it! We took about 125 pictures with the new camera...in less than 2 hours! I promise I did not post them all :)

Will had a blast on the hay slides

Eliza Grace could really work the manual kernel remover

Will did pretty well too!

Eliza Grace practiced milking a fake cow

In the corn maze


Will lead the way through the maze and seemed to know exactly which way to go

Will picking his own cotton


On the hay ride



Picking our own special pumpkins
Eliza Grace was very excited to find a yellow pumpkin!

How-How!

Scott and Eliza Grace are about to join the wonderful world of Y Princesses.

I remember Scott looking up this program on the local YMCA website when Eliza Grace was a couple of weeks old...and now she is finally old enough to participate!

The first 2 meetings were for Dad's only. Yeah, a real hardship to meet at the local "tap" room to discuss tribe names :)

The first official activity was for Scott and Eliza Grace to sew together their own leather vests. In this case, Eliza Grace played the role of management and Scott was the skilled labor. He did a darn good job!


The next step is to glue on the first couple of patches and decide upon their tribal names.  At the top of list?

Big Snoring Eagle and Little Soaring Eagle :)

Afternoon in the park

What a beautiful day! I love Autumn. It is my very favorite season. I love nearly everything about it...except the part about dressing for cool temps in the morning and hot temps in the afternoon - I never know how to dress the kids!

This bright blue sky'd morning we hit Home Depot for the monthly kids workshop and then we spent some time at the park. Here are some pics of the kiddies at the park...and even one with Grandmommy and Will on the swings!

What we need...

...is more cow bell!