Saturday, August 24, 2013

the one where you rode a pony...

so, we went to the fair...the Elkhart county 4-h fair.  always loved going as a kid, so wanted to make sure you got to experience a dirty, stinky fair with lots of bad-for-you food and questionably safe rides...
 
as we came in, you spied these lovely, little ponies...I lured you away from them with a "maybe later"...
 

 
the big tractors...

 
the dirty, stinky animals...

 
Jackson, you were ALL ABOUT finding the BUNNIES!!!  must find bunnies...NOW!!!
WE FOUND THEM.  NOW PET THEM.

 
the geese...

 
and then we ate a hotdog and funnel cake while listening to a senior citizen talent (LESS) competition.  it was awful.  not that they ever would, but, grana and papa are forbidden from entering their original poetry/solo act/ventriloquist routine!!!
 
while eating, you spotted the rides and I knew you would not be talked out of riding...something.  but after checking when the rides would start, we were sorely disappointed to find out that they would not open until 3:00 pm.  it was 12:00 pm.  NOT staying at the fair for 3 hours just to ride the rides that would have cost a small fortune to ride.  SO...$6 pony rides it was...
 
you couldn't have been more excited...


 
ride em', cowgirl!!!


 
the round and round/up and down motion must have been soothing, zoey, because you just about fell asleep...

 
so.much.fun.

at grana and papa's...

after the reunion, we went to grana and papa's house in Indiana for EVEN MORE time with family...
 
your FAVORITE thing to do at papa's house...
 
 
playin' on the "puter"...

 
MORE time in the sprinklers...






 
and watching the "good" TV...cable with all of your favorite shows...

 
makin' pancakes...


Friday, August 23, 2013

this is your family in a cave...

we went into a big, dark cave for fun.  that's fun, right?  here's what your faces looked like after I told you what we were about to do...
 
 
it was dark and, zoey, you were a little slow-poke.  so mimi and aj looked after you, Jackson, because you did not want to keep her pace.  they kept you on the path and held onto you so that you wouldn't fall over the edges.

 
here's another "smile or else" shot...

 
one word: stinker!!!


Thursday, August 22, 2013

this is your family...

 
 in july, we packed it up and headed to Tennessee for a halsey family reunion.  lots of fun...lots of people loving on you...this is your family...
 


 
your first time cooking your own dinner...


 
you were not a fan of your own cooking...


 
everybody...

 
I think these pictures were taken as mommy said through her teeth, "SMILE or you can't go swimming!!!"


 
SMORES!!!!!!


 
some more, please!!!


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

just a little yardwork...

please don't judge your dad too harshly for his yard-mowing attire...