State Fair

We absolutely love having the fair in town!  It has been nice as we can spread out the fun and go multiple times.  The first Saturday we headed there with my parents and my brother's family.  There were so many people there.  I think when I went back and read that was a record breaking day.

The horse obviously didn't want his picture taken.

Papa starting him young; a future hunter in the making!

Avery plopped down in the right spot!

Landon wanted his picture taken with all the animals.  

He loved his chicken hat; he even took it to show and tell that next week.

Avery was exhausted after our 5 hour visit that day.

Funny story:  As we were sitting there resting and eating our final snack the news reporter was gearing up to interview my friend Hayley's uncle.  My brother decided to casually walk behind him to get on air.  He played it so well and did it a couple different times.  Unfortunately though when we watched the news he didn't make the cut.  I did have to text Hayley though and say her uncle was being stalked.

That night Kurtis and I headed to the Keith Urban concert while my parents watched the kids.  Taylin even hung out for awhile while her parents ran errands.  

Back in the spring a bunch of my friends and I decided we wanted to go see Keith Urban at the state fair.  Little did we know it was going to be HUGE!  There were over 12,000 people there.  For a person who doesn't like crowds; I'm thankful we were more in the back so I had extra room.  

Arial shot posted the next day. 

Pre concert selfie!

Such an awesome group of friends to go with! 

Asia 

Erin

Unfortunately we were behind the light crew. Kurtis had a great view between the crack and I watched most of it via the Megatron.

The girls!

Keith put on an AMAZING concert!  I'd definitely go see him again.

Later in the week when it wasn't as crazy we decided to go back for some rides.  We bought Landon a wristband and let him ride his heart out.  It was blasted hot; however, by the time the sun went down it was decent out.  We just went as a family of four but ran into so many people we knew from school and church.  Landon even met a new friend that night while on one of the rides. They were both 4 1/2 and hit it off right away.  We ended up getting accounted with his parents and hung out the last hour of our evening with them. 

This was his favorite of the night!

I was so worried during this ride as there was a middle school boy in there with him.  He spun that bear so fast but Landon handled it like a champ.  I was so determined he was going to get sick.

Poor little Miss Avery was still too small to ride rides but she handled it well.  Kurtis did have to chase her around the fair later in the evening as she was restless.  

Another great year at the Nebraska State Fair!