Farewell Big Tex

We made our annual trek to the State Fair this year, right around my Dad's birthday. as always, it was quite the experience. The weather was chilly and misty so the fair was a lot less crowded than it usually is. Finn and rick rode a lot of "big kid" rides that Finn had never experienced before. He loved them. Sloane fell victim to a bad face painting job. She wanted her face painted like a panda, specifically a cute and cuddly one. What she got was a scary, Gothic panda face. It was bad. You know it's disturbing when you are the ones being stared at, at the State Fair. Seriously, there is some good people watching there. Erin and I were all about stuffing our faces on the interesting fair food. Some of the hits- deep fried cake balls and deep fried mashed potatoes. A couple of misses- the Picnic on a stick (still makes me gag to think about it) and the chocolate dipped jalapenos. The Fair is always a good time, and I hope it's always a family tradition. Unfortunately, this would be the last time we would see Big Tex in all of his glory. A week or so later Big Tex fell victim to an electrical fire. So sad!

Cake balls and Deep Fried Taters. Oh Yeah.

Erin experiencing chocolate dipped jalapenos. Dirty!

Finn and Pop Pop.

Creepy Panda girl

Finn's Steven Tyler impersonation

Umm... yeah. Others got their faces painted too.