Annevar 2012!

It is a family tradition of ours on my mom's side to attend Annevar each year and this year Kurtis' parents also came.  Annevar takes place in Ravenna; hint the name is backwards.  Some years my Aunt and Uncle do a float, but this year we just watched the parade.  My cousins and uncle were in the parade though.  Landon's eyes were filled with excitement as all the floats and people went by.  He loved catching candy even though we just gave him the suckers.  

After the parade we headed home to GI to eat lunch, take a nap and pick up Kurtis' dad.  We then headed back late afternoon to eat at the Lion Stand and ride a few rides before Kurtis and his dad headed to the Tractor Pull.  First we tried the carousel.  Landon started out ok, but by the third time around he was crying and hated it.  

Landon preferred to walk around and observe the rides from a distance.

His absolute favorite was the ducks.  He would have stayed there all night if we would have let him.

He did win a ball!  

My cousin Derek then tried to take him on the train.  Once again, he started off fine but the third time around he started crying.  The carnival worker had to stop the ride so I could get him off.  Guess we'll save all our tickets for next year when he is a little older.

So…we went back to the duckies!  Grandma and Grandpa Phillips bought him some more ducks.  He ended up winning three prizes.  I tried to get him a stuffed puppy but he started to get sad and all he said was "Ducky".  All he wanted was a ducky, so we traded in the puppy for a ducky, horn, and another ball.  He was then happy!  

We then headed to play Bingo.  This is my absolute favorite part of Annevar; and the favorite of a lot of my family members.  There were seven of my family members playing.  I had my roll of quarters and sat and played bingo from 7:30 (when it opened) until 10:30 (30 minutes before it closed) that night.  Did I win…. NOPE!  This is the first year I struck out.  I was so bummed.  Guess there is always next year!