Johnson County Fair

We took the boys over to the fair. We were sad to miss the deep fried oreos but we thought we'd try to get one at the state fair.

The animals were fun-here's a rooster.

Here's a turkey - I don't know that I'd ever seen one in real life before.
Sittin' on the tractor

We were on our way out and the queen contestants walked by us. We tried to continue out but Kurt said, "No, I want to watch the pretty gee-els." Here is he, watching them intently as they walked through the trellace waiting for the moment he can clap for them.

Here are half of the contestants. The one on the far left was Brandon's favorite and then one on the far right was the winner. Kurt's favorite was sitting on the other side - she had on an orange dress. He was sad she didn't win (but she did take 2nd).

Cheese Please

Luke stole this off the counter when I got it out so that I could cut him a slice. He's too fast for me...

Va New & the Sipi Sipi

When we went to Nauvoo for the pagent, Kurt was very excited to be going and kept talking about it all day. "We're going to VaNew tonight."

Then, as we were driving there, we reached the bridge to cross into Illinois and he said, "Ooh, it's the Sipi-Sipi!" (Mississippi River)

Nauvoo Pagent

Building the temple....

The temple

Solo Yogurt - What was I thinking?

Hmm, yogurt...

Waiting...

I can't even remember what was in the oven that morning, but they waited and waited by that door, seeming to watch it cook. They must have been something delicious :)

Omaha Zoo

Our second stop on the return trip - the Omaha Zoo. Again, with dying batteries...but here were a few of our favorites. Kurt LOVES jaquars and cougars and tigers, etc.

We had to wait for this train for almost an hour! And when it was finally time to get on, Kurt had a meltdown...he began smiling again as soon as it started moving.
And to add to the spectacular pictures of the day...

Luke wants down, Kurt is "peenking" because he's tired of smiling and don't I just look fabulous? :) But this really was a cool little aquarium. This was one of those water tunnels so the fish are all around you.