Salt Lake County Fair

A few weeks ago we took the kids to the Salt Lake County Fair. Our good friends came with and we had a lot of fun. This now makes it 11 years that Josh and I have gone to this fair together (minus missions of course.) The highlight for the kids is always the petting zoo area. Brayden loved feeding all the animals carrots, although the bigger animals he wasn't a fan of.
It took Broolyn some time to warm up to the animals. Of course she had to plug her ears when we first entered, eventhough it was not loud at all. She didn't really like many of the animals, but as soon as she found the bunny she fell in love.

Brayden has a little sword at home that is totally broken and falling apart, so a new sword has been on our list of things to get him. So of course when they had these swords at the fair we couldn't resist getting him one, eventhough I'm against buying stuff there. After going to the 4 different booths selling them, I finally bought the one I thought would last the longest. We had to get Brooklyn one, of course, and ended up buying one for Boston as well. All I can say is that it has been worth a lot more than the $5 we paid for them. The kids haven't stopped playing with them, and it's almost a months since the fair. Brooklyn's did break, however, when Josh and his brothers were playing b-ball and the ball hit the sword. But Brayden still carries his around everywhere and even sleeps with it. Surprisingly, the lights and sounds still work! Here are the kids playing with them at the fair. I love how they all tried putting them in their shirts to carry them around.

And of course Brayden had to ride the 4-wheeler. He keeps asking to go to the cabin to go riding. Looks like we'll have to go again soon!