2nd trip to the State Fair.

I Went to the State Fair for a 2nd time this year, yes i splurged and I took my daughter and two friends with me. We had a blast, when i went with my hubby and Travis we didnt do that much exploring. It was a hot day and the guys were tired. So this time i got to do more exploring and took my time to see what i wanted to. Below are some highlights of the day.

This is a quilt made out of old soldier uniforms, how awesome is this!!!

Now if you know me well i love to make cakes and this was the best part of the day.

These cakes are awesome, i hope one day that i can do this good.

How cute!!

This is made out of all edible items, YUMM!

I dont think you can it that well but they used cookie cutters to make imprints on the icing. How creative and a good way to show more detail with out over doing the sugar.

This is my favorite because I love animal prints.

This is julie and mark the friends that went with me.
They are way to much fun.


I love christmas so this is also a great one.

Sam is posing for me,
she hates it when I make her act like a "little kid".

Babies!! Sam got to play with them for a while, there were also a bunch hatching in an incubator but way to many people were looking so no picture.

I was camera happy and was taking tons of Surprise shots.
Sam does not like them at all.
Too bad for her!!

Julie and Sam wanting a picture.

This is me and very happy to be here!!

Julie was holding the camera when i was in the potty room and I guess she played with it.

What a goof ball!

Smile-I mean surprise!!

Julie and Sam playing around

Sam and Smokey the Bear posing for the camera,
but sams face disapeared

Julie and Smokey,Only you can help prevent forest fires!!

He sneaked up on me while i was focusing, what a crazy rabbit!!

CUTE!!

Now here are some awesome flowers. I love the colors.

Some pretty lilies.

Some pretty sunflowers.

Mums the word

This is taken up on the BIG ferris wheel.
Sam had to go on it, which surprised me she hates rides.
What a view!!

Cheesey Sam

The end of a long day and tons of fun, I cant believe the fair is gone already. Now to wait for next year. :)

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She takes after her mom when she smiles.

:)

Big and goof-ish

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This is mr bumble as the kids call him.
He was just hanging out with us in the garden.

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Honey bees just doing there thing.
Just another one of my random pictures.
(That I love)

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I love this picture, the ladybug and the green stalk just look so awesome together.

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Here is one of the clusters of frog eggs.
Very very cool, I cant wait to go back and see them swimming around.

The Pond-picture #101

Here is a picture of Dad and Travis looking for fish in the pond.

We did find salamanders and bull frog eggs.

I think i have a picture somewhere of the eggs.

AHHHH

I am back to the blogging world once more. I have a lot of things to catch up on and umpteen picture a days to get done. I wont have all of them but it will be close.
School has started and i am still going in circles, with scouts and camping. You will like the pictures.
Hang in there and let me know you have been here.

Scouts Popcorn sales

Mickey is selling popcorn and If you go to http://www.orderpopcorn.com/ you can enter his code witch is TEKTAV1. He is really excited this year and really wants to sell.
This is one of the ways that he is able to go to all the scout camps during the summer. He gets a percentage of his sales into his own scout account and uses it when needed during the year. Thanks for supporting him.

Dating years Funny stuff,

I found this on my friends myspace and thought it was so true and something I see happening at home. I am going to have these made up into a picture frame and posted on my wall. I also will add some extras I think.

For example,
*If you want to date my daughter you will ask us in person and see if we like you. If we dont, to bad your not her parents.

*Dont take her somewhere that is a bad influence, we will find out and hunt you down.

*If you are under age to go into a place DONT, we probably know where you are going and have "friends" there.
....any way enjoy and feel free to copy this.

So, You Wanna Date My Daughter?

When I was in high school, I used to be terrified of my girlfriend's father, who, I believe, suspected me of wanting to place my hands on his daughter's chest. He would open the door and immediately affect me. His good-naturedly murderous expression; holding out a handshake that, when gripped, felt like it could squeeze carbon into diamonds.
Now, years later, it is my turn to be the dad. Remembering how unfairly persecuted I felt when I would pick up my dates, I do my best to make my daughter's suitors feel even worse. My motto: wilt them in the living room and they'll stay wilted all night.

"So," I'll call out jovially. "I see you have your nose pierced. Is that because you're stupid, or did you merely want to APPEAR stupid?"

As a dad, I have some basic rules, which I have carved into two stone tablets that I have on display in my living room:

Rule 1: If you pull into the driveway and honk, you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure as heck not picking anything up.

Rule 2: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule 3: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open-minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise; you may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric staple gun and fasten your trousers securely in place around your waist.

Rule 4: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate; when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I WILL kill you.

Rule 5: In order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."

Rule 6: I have no doubt that you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make YOU cry.

Rule 7: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process which can take longer than the painting of the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule 8: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter:
· Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool.
· Places where there are no parents, policemen, or nuns within eyesight.
· Places where there is darkness.
· Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness.
· Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff t-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka zipped up to her Adam's apple.
· Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay.

My daughter claims that it embarrasses her to come downstairs and find me attempting to get her date to recite these eight simple rules from memory. I'd be embarrassed too – there are only eight of them, for crying out loud!

And, for the record, I did NOT suggest to one of these cretins that I'd have these rules tattooed on his arm if he couldn't remember them (I checked into it and the cost is prohibitive). I merely told him that I thought writing the rules on his arm with a ball point might be inadequate – ink washes off – and that my wood burning set was probably a better alternative.

One time, when my wife caught me having one of my daughter's would-be suitors practice pulling into the driveway, get out of the car, and go up to knock on the front door (he had violated Rule 1, so I figured he needed to run through the drill a few dozen times), she asked me why I was being so hard on the boy.

"Don't you remember being that age?" she challenged.

Of course I remember. Why do you think I came up with the eight simple rules?

Loose Teeth

Travis had two loose teeth and when we were over at our friends house he was wiggling them a lot. We were loading up to go home and he wanted them out, so.....
He pulled one out himself!!! You cant see it because of his chubby fingers but its gone, and the one next to it is loose too. I think it wont be long until he yanks that one out.

State Fair and the Doodle Bops!!!

We went to the state fair on August 24Th. Scott had got some tickets online for the Doodle Bops and surprised Travis with them. Sam and Mickey were camping in Washington with some friends and we knew that they would NOT want to go see them. SO it was working out for all.

First thing when we got there they had tanks and vehicles from all the wars. They were all restored and looking great. Travis and Scott had fun looking at them and thinking about how much fun it would be to drive one of them. (I hope not, or we would be in trouble!)

We then went into the Jackman Long building and they had baby chickens hatching and some that had hatched earlier that day. Travis got to touch them. How cute are they!! Also inside this building is all the items people submit for judging. I loved looking at the cakes, quilts and the booths that were informational.
We then went to the reptile tent and Travis had a blast. He looked at all the snakes, lizards, spiders and alligators.
He liked this one so much he even touched it and started "petting"it. He is such a boy its scary sometimes.
These are spiked lizards, that is Travis petting them too! He thinks we should get some.(doubt that one)

This is his happy face when done petting the reptiles. Now he is trying to bribe me into going into the regular petting zoo. I caved of course.
Here is the kangaroo. We couldn't pet him, he was in time-out they said. He was being naughty to the other animals. Travis thought that was funny.
This is Mr. Deer he likes to eat t-shirts for dessert.


That is Scott and Travis up on the Fairlift. Dad had never been on it before and was not used to Travis being a daredevil. I guess Travis would lean over the front and look down. Dad would tell him to lean back its dangerous, Travis finally looked up at him and said" Dad, its OK there is a bar here." Ha ha,

Here we are waiting for the show to begin, smiles and all. Dad went and got him a CD and flag.
Its past time to start and the kids were getting very restless and bored, can you tell?
Ta Da, there they are, all of his favorite songs were sang and he had a blast!


His favorite is Moe, the orange one for those of you who DON'T know them well. He cant stand Dee Dee, he would plug his ears when she would sing soft and "girly" songs.

The bald guy with the red wagon is dad waiting for us to get done on the GIANT Ferris Wheel. Mom gets nervous on these and with Travis my nerves were shot.
Here he is being tired of me telling him to sit still and quit moving around.

Now this is him making fun of me and calling me a chicken and flapping his arms. He has some spice in him today for sure!

You cant go to the fair and not get an elephant ear, now can you.
Our last stop was in the forestry area and smokey the bear was there. Travis made a necklace and got to see some fish.



Our trip to the fair was great and the weather was perfect and couldn't of asked for better. Well I would have liked to of had all my kids with me but they were having fun camping without me.