Fair Fun

We had an amazing weekend! It was filled with lots of fun. On Friday night, we headed down to Pueblo to go to the drive-in. We saw Smurfs. Ashlyn had really been wanting to see it and she really liked it. We meant to go to the drive-in a lot this summer, but it is such a drive that we only went twice. I'm glad we got to go one last time before summer was over. We thought that we were going to miss the fireworks on Friday night while we are at the drive-in. The game actually went really late, and the fireworks started right when we got home. Ashlyn had fallen asleep in the car and Joey took her out back to watch them. She was kind of out of it. The next day when Joey asked her about them, she had no memory of watching them. It was the perfect summer night.

Joey had to work on Saturday during the day. Ashlyn and Dawson were invited to a birthday party, so that's what we did while Joey was at work. Ashlyn had a blast at the birthday party swimming and eating cake and ice cream. On Saturday night, Joey and I headed up to Denver for the Broncos pre-season game. Joey was given tickets at work for doing such a great job. My Mom watched the kids while we went. It was a perfect night for a game and we had a really good time.

On Sunday, we headed to the State Fair bright and early. We were hoping to beat some of the heat. We weren't too successful at that, but we had a great time. We just love the State Fair. One of our favorite things to do there is look at ll of the decorated cakes. Ashlyn really enjoyed looking at them this year. We were very excited to see that they were having a cake decorating competition right when we got there. We got to walk around and see kids decorate cakes. Ashlyn decided she wants to decorate cakes one day. We had a great time looking at baby animals and Ashlyn got to hold a chick. We also saw pig races which were quite interesting. Ashlyn's other favorite part of the day was a Lego area they had this year. It was full of Legos and areas to build. They had an area for smaller kids. Ashlyn stood there for a long time building with the Legos. I definitely think she may be getting some for her birthday. What a great time we all had. We came home Sunday afternoon and just relaxed. We got out Ashlyn's pool so she could swim a bit. We were all pretty exhausted from such a fun filled weekend. Next weekend, we are heading to the cabin for the last time of the summer. I'm sure it will be another fun filled and exciting weekend!

On Thursday, Joey had the day off from work. He took the kids to a really neat park. It was a Charlotte's Web theme and Ashlyn just loved it.

Playing with "Charlotte"

Climbing the web

This is what Dawson did while Ashlyn played

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE watching Dawson and Ashlyn play and bond with each other. I thought this picture captured that well.

Dawson had a great time playing with his toy at the fair.

Such a happy little guy.

Ashlyn holding a chick. She LOVED it!

Mommy and Ash in the petting zoo

Pirate Ashlyn

Uh oh

Ashlyn really enjoyed her ice cream treat

This shark was built entirely out of Legos. Pretty cool

This Lion is Legos too. How cute is Ashlyn?

Dawson and Daddy. I was trying to get a picture of their matching camo cargo shorts, but you really can't see them.

Ashlyn creating with Legos

She was very focused.

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