Fun at the Hydro Fair

Last weekend, we joined Vince's family in Hydro, Oklahoma for the annual "Hydro Fair," a fun little family carnival that supports the town of Hydro. Vince's family is originally from Hydro, and since his Dad recently retired and moved back there, we went on Friday and Saturday, and took Owen and Emmaline.

I know it sounds corny, but I LOVE the Hydro Fair and look forward to it every year. It's so cute and friendly, exactly what you would imagine a small town carnival to be. As Vince put it "inflation has still not touched it," as cotton candy, snow cones and ice cream are all under $1. As is MY tradition, I ate my way through it, helping myself to funnel cakes, an Indian Taco and everything mentioned above.

Meanwhile, my sister-in-law and her kids were taking my kids on the kiddie rides and helping them play the carnival games while I snapped pictures (and ate). Emmaline is quite the party girl (uh oh) and did every ride the first night at least twice, shared a cotton candy with Aunt Dorinda and stayed up until 10 pm. There was no stopping her! Owen conked out that night in the stroller, but stayed up a little later the second. We decided that Emmaline, unlike her Mother, is a "ride rider." :)

Getting thisclose to a calf with Daddy and Papa.

"People, I'm not so sure about this..."

"Big money, big money, big money..."



"I can stay at this table all night!"

"This pink one feels lucky!"

"I love the nightlife...and these leis!"

What happens at the Fair, stays at the Fair.

First Plane Trip!

Owen and Emmaline have had a lot of firsts and changes lately...first birthday, first time to drop a bottle, dropped a nap and a first plane trip!

We went to visit our friends in Tulsa two weeks ago, and had so much fun! So much fun, that I kept forgetting to keep my camera on me, so I wasn't able to take as many pictures as I would have liked.

The plane trip went easier than expected, we rented a cart and Vince loaded up our luggage and both car seats. He pushed the cart and I pushed the stroller through the airport, we were quite a site for a weekend trip!

Waiting for Daddy to park the car.

While on the plane, we had lots of snacks and toys to keep them busy! We stayed with our friends Debra and Chris and their twins (only three weeks older than Owen and Emmaline!) Carson and Aubrey. We also visited with our other bestest friends, Nancy and Kevin and their baby girl Julianne. We enjoyed a yummy lunch at Hideaway Pizza that Saturday to visit with more friends (again, no pictures!). Since it was such a short trip, we were unable to see everyone, but hopefully we can stay longer and see everyone the next time!

We recently dropped their second nap and have consolidated both short naps to one long nap at noon. So, we now have "morning snack time" now to distract from our old 10 am nap time. Ella especially loves it, and waits patiently for something to drop out of a sticky baby hand!

Below are pictures of play time.

Who's there?

Our goal: pull all of these bins out and dump everything on the floor!

I see the dogs' water, I'm going for it!

Watching the rain.