Summer Fun Continues

We also got to see the famous butter cow, pretty awesome! Some other highlights of the day were watching the 5 and under kids compete at mutton bustin, this was hilarious and impressive. We saw some horse shows. We all shared a good sample of fair food including a red velvet funnel cake, fried macaroni and cheese, ice cream cones, homemade peanut nut rolls, grandpa enjoyed a pork chop on a stick and of course lots of water, it was a warm day. Thanks for a fun day at the fair, we had a great time!

We had so much fun going to the fair. And even though we went once this year already, it's so huge that we did all new things including a bunch of stuff that we missed the first time. Above is a picture of Chloe sitting in the kids section at the Shenanigans Wild West Comedy show.

Chloe wanted to take some pictures and it ended up being so much fun and quite a funny series. Here are a lot of them:)

Chloe got some new fairy wings to go along with her crown and wanted to play dress up.

We had another great week. Some highlight of the week were going to the indoor bounce house on the rainy day we had last week. I went to the Parent/Teacher meeting for Chloe's fall preschool, that was a whole new experience for me. I've been prepping Chloe for school and getting her used to the idea but in the mean time I neglected to prepare myself for this new stage in our lives. It went great and we'll go to meet the teacher night next week, thankfully she will have one of her summer school teachers for the fall school! We also had some friends over for a play date. Then Thursday late afternoon gramma and grandpa Kneifl came over to visit and stay. We had a nice night at home and Uncle Rich even joined us for grilling out and playing. Friday gramma and grandpa treated Chloe and I to a fun day at the Iowa State Fair! And this past weekend was mostly a lot of work. Jason and Tim removed out 50 hedges, a lilac tree and a bunch of branches. This left Stephanie, the kids and I in charge of entertainment and meals:) Thanks to the guys for all their hard work! The yard look huge and is taking some getting used to but it looks good.

Another wonderful weekend with family and friends!

Happy Ava enjoying her view from the boat. Thanks for a fun day in the sun Petersen's!

So much fun!

The noodle had to be split in two for the girls.

Sunday we had the pleasure of going boating with our friends, the Petersen's. The girls love to jump off the back of the boat and swim. We went to Saylorville Lake this time and the water was calm and mostly warm for a perfect day of boating.

At the end of the night at the fair and all smiles:)

The three cowgirls:)

Ava wasn't so sure about all of this but Chloe always enjoys having her along.

Chloe took off her hat and shook it in the air but I was too slow to get it on camera.

Yee-haw!

Hannah and Chloe all dressed up and ready to ride the horses!

Chloe chose the pink convertible for her last ride of the evening. She really wanted to ride the motorcycles but she was an inch too short, it looked pretty major and the worker didn't let the kids who were just tall enough on because she thought it was too dangerous. Chloe was bummed and thought that by the end of the night that maybe she had grown enough to go back and ride it:)

Hands on the wheel and ready to take off.

Chloe wanted to ride the helicopter ride. She sat in the front and took off. It even goes way up in the air and she liked it, she's always been a dare-devil!

Chloe and mommy waving to daddy.

Tim and Hannah on her fave ride!

Ava is so patient while the big girls get to have all the fun.

Waiting in line for the carousel.

Petting her pony.

Brave enough to let go and wave.

Hannah, Stephanie, Chloe and Daddy riding the ponies! This was Chloe's first ride on a horse and she loved it!

When we left the goats Chloe gave him a kiss on the ear:)

Feeding the goats.

First stop, petting zoo!

Saturday we packed up the kids and headed to the IA State Fair!

Friday was Chloe's last day of summer enrichment preschool. She had a great day and made her teachers cards to give them as well. Fall preschool will resume in 3 1/2 short weeks;) Then Friday evening Aunt Brigett made the trip to Ankeny once again to give Jason and I a date night and in return Chloe gets special time with her Aunt! These date nights have been so amazing and beneficial to our sanity and relationship, thank you so much Brig for doing this for all of us!

How much fun can one girl have???

Gramma bought Chloe a fairy crown at the garden's gift shop, I think she was pretty pumped!

Saying cheese once again after requesting her picture be taken:)

Being quite the model.

Posing at the top of the hill before taking off full speed down it!

At the gardens, in the butterfly pavilion, Chloe found the bench, sat on it and said, "time for a picture"!

We got to take daddy out to lunch on Wednesday! What fun for all of us:)

Once again, every berry Chloe picked, she ate!

Gramma and Chloe picking blue berries at the farm. Gramma picked over two pounds and I picked over three!

Gramma and Chloe at the mall playground after the movie.

Gramma and Chloe playing together.

Chloe and daddy with the hand made pencil box.

Aunt Andrea shared her Dr. Pepper with Chloe. This is the first time she has had it and by the looks from it you can tell she liked it!

This is one of the pictures Chloe took, not bad!

Ok last weekend was fun and busy. Friday Chloe had a wonderful day at school followed by supper and playing at our friend's house that evening. Saturday morning Chloe and Daddy went to the Kids Workshop at Home Depot. This month they made a pencil box, Chloe loves going to Daddy's store and using a hammer:) That afternoon Aunt Brigett and cousin Tyler came over and after grabbing a quick lunch we went to newton for the Nationwide Race. Well, we didn't go to the race but we sure had a fun time tailgating! Chloe loves the RV and most of all being with her family and friends. Sunday we went to Rich's house and then he treated us all out for lunch! After lunch we got to go boating with our friends, the Petersen's again! We all have fun boating, tubing, and swimming:)

And the fun didn't even stop there. Sunday evening after boating Gramma Kneifl came over to stay with us this week! We had such a good time having her here. Chloe loves to get all of gramma's attention! This week with gramma we went to the kids movie and saw Monsters vs Aliens, one of Chloe's faves, went out to lunch, did some shopping, had Uncle Rich over for supper, went berry picking, and went to the Reiman Gardens. Gramma had to leave before Chloe woke up this morning and when Chloe did wake up she was so sad that gramma left already and said "No, I want gramma here, now." We all enjoyed her company and her help and look forward to another visit from her:)

Friends Rule!

We picked 1.91 lbs of berries, the price was a steal, it was awesome! I would have picked more but it was too hot. That just means we'll have to go back again:)

Group shot.

Hannah, Ava, and Chloe picking berries.

Chloe loved to pick the berries but she loved eating them even more! After a while she gave me her bucket and the berries went straight from the bush to her mouth, no bucket needed for the rest of the morning:)

Chloe, Adalyn and her mom, Christi, picking blue berries at the farm yesterday.

What a fun week we have had so far! Tuesday Chloe and I went to a play date at Hannah's house followed by lunch and swimming at the water park. That evening Uncle Rich surprised us at the park with a visit! Perfect timing considering Chloe was just asking to go to his house. Yesterday we went blue berry picking with our friends. We had so much fun finding, picking and eating the berries:) Afterwards we got lunch and played at our friends house for a little while. Today we had friends over to our house to play. What a great week filled with good times with our friends!