I’m determined to recap the rest of our Summer before Fall is fully underway. A few weekends ago we did the quintessential Summer thing and went to our state fair with my mother and brother in law, and niece. We hadn’t been in several years and not much had changed except this time I was wise enough to steer clear of the corn dogs. Instead we settled on snow cones for the kids, “adult” snow cones for the grown ups, and lots of rides and memories. When your fake tattoo apparently hurts like a real tattoo 🙂 Of all the rides the Merry-Go-Round was his favorite. Neither Jack or daddy…

A couple of weeks ago, we packed up the car and headed to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. If you’ve never been to a state fair, you’re missing out. It was so much better than our little county one. Think bigger, cleaner, and less creepy carnies. Still existent, but less. We met J’s parents who were staying the weekend in their RV and Ben loved having his grandma and grandpa there. We rode rides and Ben even did some by himself. And what’s a fair without fair food. It was all fun and games until the corn dog which caused me to be sick later that night. This limeade…