Big Tex! State Fair of Texas Fun!

Well, we waited til the last possible day to attend the Texas State Fair, but it did not disappoint.


I mean, seriously...where in one place in just a matter of hours can you:

meet a huge talking cowboy,
drive your baby sister around in a mustang 5.0,

give your best rockstar impression,


plan your next camping trip,

go rock climbing,

hold your daddy's hand,

demonstrate the truest sisterly love, (sharing a fletcher's corny dog!)

demonstrate your patriotism,

at least contemplate riding the ferris wheel, ;)

hold a freshly released butterfly,

watch a milking parlor demonstration,


go in a crazy fun house with mommy,



give the exit a second try,

AND attack your first candy apple ever?



Only at the State Fair of Texas.

What? What do you mean my face is a mess?


It's kind of like being able to load up a basket at Wal-Mart with a can of paint, a tray of sushi, and some lingerie.

Kind of.

October...slow down please!

Ah...I just love October. The weather is perfect and there are sooo many fun fall activities going on.

You could find me at any one of the million pumpkin patches in the area, the Dallas Arboretum or of course the State Fair of Texas...any fine day of this month.

I just wished it lasted longer. Jerry has a training all day this Saturday...to me it is a crime! Being cooped up in a classroom? On a Saturday? In October? Pure craziness.

While I won't take on the State Fair of Texas without him, we have too many pumpkin patches to visit to wait for daddy! Jade didn't have preschool today, so we sent Lily on her way and headed with some friends to explore the "Great Pumpkin Festival" going on at the arboretum.

We visited the petting zoo,

Posed for pictures at the pumpkin houses,



Stopped for some pumpkin stew,

Got some other great shots,




and of course saw lots of pumpkins, other squash and gourds.


Can you pick out the Apple Gourds? How about the Peanut Pumpkins or Tiger Striped Pumpkins? Or my favorites, the Long Neck Swan Gourds? Sadly, I can identify all of them.

Just call me the pumpkin lady. I'll be here all month.

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Daddy was home early.

The sun was shining for the first time in days...as evidenced by our squinting.

The pumpkins beckoned.

It was too muddy for choo-choo rides and hay rides, so you'll be seeing very similar pictures in about a week when we return.

Consider yourself warned.